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Trait anger as a mediator of difficulties with emotion regulation and female-perpetrated psychological aggression.
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Violence and victims [Violence Vict] 2011; Vol. 26 (3), pp. 271-82. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Recent research has demonstrated the devastating impact of female-perpetrated psychological aggression in intimate relationships broadly and dating relationships specifically. With the perpetration of psychological aggression in dating relationships occurring at shockingly high rates, prevention programming for dating violence should target this form of aggression. Toward this end, it is important to understand the antecedent conditions that increase one's risk for perpetrating psychological aggression. This study sought to examine two possible risk factors for perpetrating psychological aggression among female undergraduates (N = 145), namely, emotion regulation and trait anger. Findings showed that difficulties with emotion regulation and trait anger were associated with increased psychological aggression perpetration, and trait anger mediated the link between emotion regulation and psychological aggression. Implications of these findings for prevention programming and future research are discussed.
- Subjects :
- Crime Victims statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Risk Factors
Self Concept
Students psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States
Young Adult
Aggression psychology
Courtship
Crime Victims psychology
Internal-External Control
Spouse Abuse psychology
Students statistics & numerical data
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0886-6708
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Violence and victims
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21846017
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.26.3.271