A dyadic approach to the study of romantic attachment, dyadic empathy, and psychological partner aggression

Péloquin, Katherine; Lafontaine, Marie‐France; Brassard, Audrey

doi:10.1177/0265407510397988

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“…This study supports the more recent literature suggesting that violence by an intimate partner is not strictly a male-to-female phenomenon but a human phenomenon (Carmo, Grams, & Magalhaes 2011;Cho, 2012;Péloquin et al, 2011;Swan & Snow, 2003). That women and men in the present study report equal levels of psychological and (physical) IPV is at first sight deviant from the majority of research on IPV victimization.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…Notwithstanding these aforementioned difficulties, recent studies have noted the importance of integrating psychological aggression in IPV research as it is more prevalent, often a precursor of physical IPV, and may be more harmful than physical IPV (Follingstad, 2007;Follingstad & Edmundson, 2010;Krug et al, 2002;Péloquin, Lafontaine, & Brassard, 2011;Romans et al, 2007). Therefore, we hypothesized that in the present study psychological violence would also be more prevalent than both physical and sexual IPV (hypothesis 2) Individual Well-Being Experiences with IPV undermine the individual well-being of victims (e.g., Afifi et al, 2009).…”

Section: Prevalence Research On Intimate Partner Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

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Intimate Partner Violence in Belgium: Prevalence, Individual Health Outcomes, and Relational Correlates

Hellemans¹,

Buysse²,

Smet³

et al. 2014

Psychologica Belgica

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The last decades, there has been an intensification of research on intimate partner violence (IPV) at both international as well as national levels 1 . Specifically in Belgium, two large representative population-based studies have already been conducted on IPV. The first study dates from 1988 and only analyzed violence against women (Vandewege, Bruynooghe, & Opdebeeck, 1988). The second study was extended to men (Bruynooghe, Nolanders, & Opdebeeck, 1998). As the most recent prevalence rates date from more than ten years ago, the major aim of the current study was to provide up-to-date national IPV prevalence estimates. In addition, this study further expands the knowledge on two topics that have only recently gained more research attention. These include the involvement of men as victims, which still remains a controversial research topic, and the examination of psychological IPV. Alongside registering the occurrence of IPV, we aimed to examine both the individual and relational well-being among IPV victims. Prevalence Research on Intimate Partner ViolenceThe World Health Organization (WHO, 2010) refers to IPV as "behaviour within an intimate relationship that causes physical, Hellemans, S et al. (2014) Research on intimate partner violence (IPV) using national samples is important to guide prevention efforts. However, the latest prevalence estimates for Belgium date from more than ten years ago. Therefore, this study used population-based cross-sectional data (N = 1,472) to assess to what extent adult women and men in Belgium experienced psychological, physical or sexual violence from their current partner in the last year. Next to assessing the association with individual health correlates, we explored the association between IPV and relationship quality. The annual prevalence of physical IPV in a current relationship was 1.3%. Only women experienced sexual IPV (0.3%). Fourteen percent of the respondents reported psychological violence and no differences were noted between women and men. Victims of psychological IPV reported adverse mental health outcomes and the effect was stronger for women than for men. Additionally, psychological victimization was associated with a diminished level of relationship quality, but no gender differences were noted.. Intimate Partner Violence in Belgium: Prevalence, Individual Health Outcomes, and Relational Correlates. Psychologica Belgica 54(1), 79-96, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334ψ

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confidence: 82%

Section: Prevalence Research On Intimate Partner Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

Intimate Partner Violence in Belgium: Prevalence, Individual Health Outcomes, and Relational Correlates

Hellemans¹,

Buysse²,

Smet³

et al. 2014

Psychologica Belgica

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“…These findings are congruent with past research findings (Hickman, Jaycox, & Aronoff, 2004;Péloquin, Lafontaine, & Brassard, 2011;Straus et al, 1996) assault perpetration than males, but males reported higher sexual coercion perpetration than females. This gender difference might reflect Thai society's thoughts and beliefs surrounding sexual issues in which females are taught to be more inhibited and more reserved when talking about sex in public.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

“…Similarly, Orcutt et al (2005) reported that females who had a high degree of anxious attachment and a low degree of avoidant attachment were prone to perpetrate their partners more than those who had high degrees of both attachment styles. In addition, Péloquin et al (2011) also found that avoidant attachment could predict perpetration in females, but that this was not indicative of males.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

The Mediating Effect of Adult Attachment on the Relation between Childhood Experiences and Intimate Partner Perpetration and Victimization in Thailand

Sriyothin¹,

Maneesri²

2017

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The current study investigated the effects of exposure to abusive and supportive childhood experiences on intimate partner perpetration and victimization using adult attachment as a mediator. A sample of 1010 heterosexual adults completed measures of the Exposure to Abusive and Supportive Environments Parenting Inventory (EASE-PI), Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised (ECR-R), Adult Attachment Questionnaire, and the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2). Structural equation modeling revealed that abusive childhood experiences affected perpetration and victimization directly and indirectly through anxiety over abandonment and avoidance of intimacy, supportive childhood experiences affected perpetration through anxiety over abandonment, and affected victimization through both anxiety over abandonment and avoidance of intimacy. The implications suggested a decrease in abusive childhood experiences and an increase in supportive childhood experiences are necessary to reduce IPV perpetration and victimization.

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“…Less avoidant men and women reported being more sensitive to their partner's distress cues; this in turn was related to their partner's sexual satisfaction. Avoidant individuals have previously been found to feel less empathy toward their partners (Péloquin, Lafontaine, & Brassard, 2011) and to ignore distress-related cues (Mikulincer & Florian, 2001). A person's tendency to be sensitive to a partner's emotional needs and cues of distress likely transfers to the sexual sphere, heightening sensitivity to a partner's sexual needs and preferences.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sexuality Examined Through the Lens of Attachment Theory: Attachment, Caregiving, and Sexual Satisfaction

Péloquin

Brassard

Lafontaine

et al. 2013

The Journal of Sex Research

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Attachment researchers have proposed that the attachment, caregiving, and sexual behavioral systems are interrelated in adult love relationships (Mikulincer & Shaver, 2007 ). This study examined whether aspects of partners' caregiving (proximity, sensitivity, control, compulsive caregiving) mediated the association between their attachment insecurities (anxiety and avoidance) and each other's sexual satisfaction in two samples of committed couples (Study 1: 126 cohabiting or married couples from the general community; Study 2: 55 clinically distressed couples). Partners completed the Experiences in Close Relationships measure (Brennan, Clark, & Shaver, 1998 ), the Caregiving Questionnaire (Kunce & Shaver, 1994 ), and the Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction (Lawrance & Byers, 1998 ). Path analyses based on the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) revealed that caregiving proximity mediated the association between low attachment avoidance and partners' sexual satisfaction in distressed and nondistressed couples. Sensitivity mediated this association in nondistressed couples only. Control mediated the association between men's insecurities (attachment-related avoidance and anxiety) and their partners' low sexual satisfaction in nondistressed couples. Attachment anxiety predicted compulsive caregiving, but this caregiving dimension was not a significant mediator. These results are discussed in light of attachment theory and their implications for treating distressed couples.

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A dyadic approach to the study of romantic attachment, dyadic empathy, and psychological partner aggression

Cited by 77 publications

References 76 publications

Intimate Partner Violence in Belgium: Prevalence, Individual Health Outcomes, and Relational Correlates

Intimate Partner Violence in Belgium: Prevalence, Individual Health Outcomes, and Relational Correlates

The Mediating Effect of Adult Attachment on the Relation between Childhood Experiences and Intimate Partner Perpetration and Victimization in Thailand

Sexuality Examined Through the Lens of Attachment Theory: Attachment, Caregiving, and Sexual Satisfaction

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