A model for predicting dating violence: anxious attachment, angry temperament, and need for relationship control.

Full Abstract

Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test a model incorporating anxious attachment, angry temperament, and attempts to control one's partner as predictors of the severity and frequency of dating violence. To date, these concepts have not been clearly established as having direct or indirect effects on dating violence. It was hypothesized that anxious attachment and angry temperament would influence the need for and attempts to control one's partner which, in turn, would predict a person's actual use of force. College students (213 males; 199 females) completed measures assessing these constructs. Cross-validation was accomplished through using two successive freshmen samples. Statistics indicated the application of the model fit well to both samples. All specified paths were significant except for the direct path from anxious attachment to need for control in the second sample. While exploratory, this model seemed satisfactory for explaining potentially causal relationships of attachment, anger, and attempts to control one's partner leading to dating violence.

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Author information

Author/s: Follingstad, Diane R (DR); Bradley, Rebekah G (RG); Helff, Cynthia M (CM); Laughlin, James E (JE);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Validation Studies

Journal: Violence and victims (Violence Vict), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Feb; vol 17 (issue 1) : pp 35-47

Dates: Created 2002/05/06; Completed 2002/10/24; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 11991155, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

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Adult
Anger
Anxiety - psychology
Courtship
Drive
Female
Humans
Internal-External Control
Male

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