Despite an increase in research initiatives and prevention campaigns, intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a public health problem that affects many victims worldwide. The current study aims to examine whether psychological distress symptoms (anger, depression, and anxiety) are indirectly related to the perpetration of IPV (physical assault, psychological abuse, and coercive control) through affect dysregulation (AD) in men seeking help. Online questionnaires assessing psychological distress symptoms, AD, and violent behaviors were completed by 335 adult men entering treatment for IPV. A path analysis model revealed the indirect associations between psychological distress symptoms and higher IPV perpetration through higher AD. Symptoms of anger were indirectly related to the three forms of perpetrated IPV through higher AD. Symptoms of depression were, directly and indirectly, related to the three forms of perpetrated IPV through higher AD. Finally, symptoms of anxiety were directly related to lower physical assault perpetration, and indirectly related to higher physical assault and coercive control perpetration through higher AD. The final model explained 10% of the variance in perpetrated physical assault, 23% of the variance in perpetrated psychological abuse, and 13% of the variance in perpetrated coercive control. These results underline the necessity of assessing and addressing symptoms of psychological distress and AD among men perpetrators in the treatment of IPV.

The use of subtle strategies to have sex with an unwilling partner is harmful to a couple's sexual well-being but these strategies remain understudied. This research examined the mediating role of communication patterns in the associations between attachment insecurities and sustained sexual coercion in 145 same-and cross-gender couples, and the moderating role of partners' gender. In addition to actor and partner effects, results revealed significant indirect effects from attachment insecurities to sexual coercion via communication patterns, with moderating effects of gender.Results may help practitioners and researchers understand the ways attachment insecurities and dysfunctional communication patterns can manifest in the experience of subtle forms of sexual coercion within couples.

Bien que la jalousie soit reliée négativement au bien-être individuel et conjugal, peu d'instruments validés en langue française sont disponibles. Cet article présente la traduction de la Multidimensional Jealousy Scale (Pfeiffer & Wong, 1989) et la validation de l'Échelle multidimensionnelle de jalousie, un questionnaire évaluant les dimensions cognitive, affective et comportementale de la jalousie en 24 items. Les qualités psychométriques du questionnaire sont évaluées auprès de deux échantillons indépendants. Dans l'Étude 1 (N ϭ 300), une analyse factorielle exploratoire suggère une structure tridimensionnelle du questionnaire abrégé en 15 items. La validité critériée et la fidélité (cohérence interne) sont également examinées. Dans l'Étude 2 (N ϭ 381), des analyses factorielles confirmatoires appuient la structure tridimensionnelle de la version en 15 items. Ces résultats soutiennent l'utilisation de l'Échelle multidimensionnelle de jalousie en 15 items. Intérêt publicDans une relation de couple, la jalousie peut se manifester de trois façons : des pensées envers la perte possible du partenaire, des émotions ou sentiments jaloux, et des comportements comme la vérification. Cette étude a permis de traduire en français un questionnaire évaluant ces trois facettes de la jalousie amoureuse. Les résultats montrent qu'une version en 15 items de cet outil semble bien évaluer la jalousie amoureuse chez les adultes.

This study examines the respective contributions of two risk markers for intimate partner violence perpetrated by men seeking psychological help: psychopathic personality traits (primary and secondary), and attachment insecurities (anxiety and avoidance). In an effort to offer more specific and nuanced results, the severity of the violence perpetrated by participants (i.e., minor and severe) was examined with regards to three forms of intimate partner violence: physical, psychological, and sexual. A sample of 226 men seeking help in a community organization specialized in the treatment of relational difficulties and intimate partner violence answered a series of self-report questionnaires. Results of multiple and logistic regression analyses reveal that attachment anxiety is related to the perpetration of minor psychological violence, severe physical violence, and minor sexual violence. Attachment avoidance is not significantly associated with perpetration of intimate partner violence when attachment anxiety and psychopathy traits are considered. Primary psychopathy is also linked to the perpetration of severe psychological and sexual violence, whereas secondary psychopathy is solely associated with the perpetration of minor psychological violence. From a clinical standpoint, these results highlight the importance of considering the forms and severity of intimate partner violence, and put forward the relevance of assessing and considering issues surrounding attachment insecurities and psychopathy in men seeking treatment for relationship difficulties.

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