Emotion Regulation Moderates the Association Between Proximal Negative Affect and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration

Shorey, Ryan C.; McNulty, James K.; Moore, Todd M.; Stuart, Gregory L.

doi:10.1007/s11121-015-0568-5

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“…Further, in contrast to predictions, increased alcohol use and heavy use were more strongly associated with increased sexual 1 Although previous research demonstrates that negative affect and emotion regulation interact to predict dating violence in this sample (Shorey et al, 2015), the effects reported in this article remained significant when those interactive effects were controlled for. 2 We also conducted analyses with a contrast between no alcohol use and alcohol use, and a contrast between any alcohol use and heavy alcohol use simultaneously.…”

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Trait Anger and Partner-Specific Anger Management Moderate the Temporal Association Between Alcohol Use and Dating Violence

Shorey

McNulty

Moore

et al. 2017

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: Research demonstrates alcohol temporally precedes and increases the odds of violence between intimate partners. However, despite an extensive theoretical literature on factors that likely moderate the relationship between alcohol and dating violence, minimal empirical research has examined such moderators. Method: The purpose of the present study was to examine two potential moderators of this association: trait anger and partner-specific anger management. Undergraduate men (N = 67) who had consumed alcohol within the past month and were in current dating relationships completed a baseline assessment of their trait anger and partner-specific anger management skills and subsequently completed daily assessments of their alcohol use and violence perpetration (psychological, physical, and sexual) for up to 90 consecutive days. Results: Alcohol was significantly associated with increased odds of physical aggression among men with relatively high but not low trait anger and partner-specific anger management deficits. In contrast, alcohol was significantly associated with increased odds of sexual aggression among men with relatively low trait anger and partner-specific anger management deficits. Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate important differences in the roles of acute intoxication and anger management in the risk of physical aggression and sexual dating violence. Interventions for dating violence may benefit from targeting both alcohol and adaptive anger management skills. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 78, 313-318, 2017)

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Trait Anger and Partner-Specific Anger Management Moderate the Temporal Association Between Alcohol Use and Dating Violence

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McNulty

Moore

et al. 2017

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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“…Thus, the strength of the association between deficits in actor emotion regulation (an individual difference factor) and physical IPA may depend upon a partner's level of problematic drinking (a situational factor). Collectively, these findings are consistent with recent research, which found that proximal negative affect was associated with an increased likelihood of IPA among persons with poorer emotion regulation skills as well as numerous studies that suggest affect regulation is a critical predictor of IPA perpetration . Together, these data support prior calls for interventions that promote perpetrators' adaptive emotion regulation skills .…”

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Deconstructing the associations between executive functioning, problematic alcohol use and intimate partner aggression: A dyadic analysis

Parrott

Swartout

Eckhardt

et al. 2017

Drug and Alcohol Review

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Introduction and Aims Problematic drinking and executive functioning deficits are two known risk factors for intimate partner aggression (IPA). However, executive functioning is a multifaceted construct, and it is not clear whether deficits in specific components of executive functioning are differentially associated with IPA perpetration generally and within the context of problematic alcohol use. To address this question, the present study investigated the effects of problematic drinking and components of executive functioning on physical IPA perpetration within a dyadic framework. Design and Methods Participants were 582 heavy drinking couples (total N = 1,164) with a recent history of psychological and/or physical IPA recruited from two metropolitan cities in the United States. Multilevel models were used to examine effects within an Actor-Partner Interdependence framework. Results The highest levels of physical IPA were observed among Actors who reported everyday consequences of executive functioning deficits related to emotional dysregulation whose partners were problematic drinkers. However, the association between executive functioning deficits related to emotional dysregulation and IPA was stronger toward partners who were non-problematic drinkers relative to partners who were problematic drinkers drinkers. No such effect was found for executive functioning deficits related to behavioral regulation. Discussion and Conclusions Results provide insight into how problematic drinking and specific executive functioning deficits interact dyadically in relation to physical IPA perpetration.

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“…NA is defined as the extent to which a person reports feeling upset or unpleasantly aroused (Watson & Tellegen, ). The literature has revealed how higher levels of NA are related to higher aggression throughout the life span as well as in clinical and nonclinical populations (Chester, Merwin, & Dewall, ; Ebesutani, Kim, & Young, ; Fettich, Mccloskey, Look, & Coccaro, ; Megías, Gómez‐Leal, Gutiérrez‐Cobo, Cabello, & Fernández‐Berrocal, 2018; Shorey, McNulty, Moore, & Stuart, ). NA should be included at the second stage of the GAM as an individual negative internal state that can be influenced by the situational (or personal) variables of Stage 1 (e.g., exposure to violence; Ebesutani et al, ).…”

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“…Putting together the EI and NA factors within the GAM, an individual in a specific social situation may incorrectly perceive (perceiving emotion branch) the intentions of an individual to be negative and, consequently, increase his/her NA (e.g., feeling upset) (García‐Sancho, Salguero, & Fernández‐Berrocal, ). This NA could then lead him/her to make an aggressive decision, unless he/she has a high ability to manage their emotions and, therefore, control them (Shorey et al, ).…”

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The role of emotional intelligence and negative affect as protective and risk factors of aggressive behavior: A moderated mediation model

Gutiérrez‐Cobo

Megías

Gómez‐Leal

et al. 2018

Aggressive Behavior

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The General Aggression Model (GAM) offers an integrative explanation of the aggressive behavior based on three stages: 1) inputs: personal and situational factors; 2) routes or individual internal states: affect, cognition, and arousal; and 3) outcomes: decision processes with a (non) aggressive result. Researchers are interested in looking for protective factors within the GAM to diminish aggression. Previous studies have found two relevant variables acting independently as risk and protective factors: emotional intelligence (EI) and negative affect (NA). The aim of the present study is to analyze a moderated mediation model including these variables as an explanation of aggressive behavior and integrate it within the GAM. Four hundred and six participants were assessed on EI, NA, and aggression. The moderated mediation analysis showed a significant negative indirect effect of the perceiving EI branch on total aggression mediated through NA levels, which, in turn, was moderated by the managing EI branch. Moreover, this relationship was also observed for the physical, anger, and hostility sub-scales of aggression. Our study demonstrates the importance of having a high ability to perceive emotions as a protective factor in the first stage of the GAM. These individuals will present lower NA in the second stage of the model, resulting in a reduction in aggression. Moreover, having a high ability to perceive emotions is particularly relevant for individuals that are less able to manage emotions, given that those participants with higher scores on the managing EI branch can reduce their aggressive behavior by mitigating the effect of NA on aggression in the third stage of the GAM.

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Emotion Regulation Moderates the Association Between Proximal Negative Affect and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration

Cited by 69 publications

References 31 publications

Trait Anger and Partner-Specific Anger Management Moderate the Temporal Association Between Alcohol Use and Dating Violence

Trait Anger and Partner-Specific Anger Management Moderate the Temporal Association Between Alcohol Use and Dating Violence

Deconstructing the associations between executive functioning, problematic alcohol use and intimate partner aggression: A dyadic analysis

The role of emotional intelligence and negative affect as protective and risk factors of aggressive behavior: A moderated mediation model

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