The moderating role of attachment on the association between childhood maltreatment and adolescent dating violence

Stover, Carla Smith; Choi, Mi Jin; Mayes, Linda C.

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.09.011

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“…In a study of undergraduate students between the ages of 18 and 25, attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance were not significant predictors of dating violence perpetration in men; however, in women, attachment anxiety, and not attachment avoidance, was predictive of dating violence perpetration [ 41 ]. In a third study in a predominately African American sample it was found that for those with a secure attachment pattern, their history of childhood maltreatment was not a significant risk factor of dating violence [ 42 ]. In addition, the same study found a moderating role of avoidant/dismissing attachment in the pathway from exposure to maltreatment in childhood to dating violence victimization [ 42 ].…”

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“…In a third study in a predominately African American sample it was found that for those with a secure attachment pattern, their history of childhood maltreatment was not a significant risk factor of dating violence [ 42 ]. In addition, the same study found a moderating role of avoidant/dismissing attachment in the pathway from exposure to maltreatment in childhood to dating violence victimization [ 42 ]. Although not using an adolescent sample, a study by Babcock, Jacobson, Gottman, and Yerington (2000) found that dismissing husbands were more likely to perpetrate violence if the wife was defensive and preoccupied men were more likely to perpetrate violence if they noticed their wife’s withdrawal [ 43 ].…”

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Is All Dating Violence Equal? Gender and Severity Differences in Predictors of Perpetration

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Cantos

Chen

et al. 2020

Behavioral Sciences

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The present study assesses the extent of perpetration of physical violence in predominately Hispanic high school students in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. The relationship between adverse childhood experiences, exposure to interparental violence, attachment, emotion regulation, and impulsivity on two distinct, mutually exclusive, categories of severity of physical teen dating violence (TDV) perpetration is further explored. Participants completed self-report measures as part of a larger, anonymous web-based questionnaire. Two categories (i.e., minor/moderate and severe) were created to discern the contextual variables associated with different levels of severity of physical violence perpetration by males and females. Eight-hundred and twenty-nine 14- to 18-year-old adolescents from four different high schools participated in the study, of whom 407 reported having been in a dating relationship in the last 12 months. The results demonstrate that when only the most severe item of TDV is taken into consideration, the rates of violence perpetration by males and females are almost equal and remarkably lower than those reported in the literature. However, when the assessment includes minor/moderate levels of violence, such as pushing, the rates of violence perpetration by females are twice those of males and are consistent with those reported in the literature. Furthermore, different variables are associated with different levels of severity of violence perpetration. The results support approaches that emphasize the need to take the context of the violence into consideration, since all levels are not equal. The need to take the severity of violence into account in studies assessing dating violence is highlighted.

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Is All Dating Violence Equal? Gender and Severity Differences in Predictors of Perpetration

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Cantos

Chen

et al. 2020

Behavioral Sciences

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“…En este orden de ideas, una fortaleza de esta investigación ha sido presentar a través de dos modelos los diferentes factores asociados con el maltrato y la victimización de la violencia en las relaciones de pareja en una muestra de adolescentes colombianos. Estos hallazgos se constitu-yen en un insumo para orientar procesos de prevención e intervención de este fenómeno en población adolescente (Stovera, Choib & Mayesa, 2018;Yu et al, 2018).…”

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“…Finalmente, se ha identificado que los adolescentes con antecedentes de maltrato infantil y estilos de apego evitativo pueden tener un mayor riesgo de participación en violencia en el noviazgo (Stovera, Choib & Mayesa, 2018).…”

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Modelo de violencia en relaciones de pareja en adolescentes colombianos

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Méndez

Perdomo-Escobar

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Resumen El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo elaborar un modelo sobre la asociación de los problemas de adaptación con la agresión y la victimización de la violencia en las relaciones de parejas adolescentes colombianas. Se tomó una muestra de 599 adolescentes con edades entre 13 y 19 años, escolarizados en instituciones educativas públicas y privadas de Bogotá, Colombia. Se aplicaron el cuestionario del Sistema de Evaluación de la Conducta de Niños y Adolescentes, versión autoinforme, y el inventario de conflicto en las relaciones en el noviazgo adolescente. Para el análisis de los datos, se utilizó la técnica de ecuaciones estructurales. Se presentan dos modelos determinados diferencialmente por la variable sexo: en los hombres los problemas de adaptación se relacionan con la agresión y en las mujeres se asocian con la victimización, hallazgos que ofrecen lineamientos para la prevención e intervención de la violencia de pareja en adolescentes.

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“…Alternatively, the intergenerational transmission of violence may also be understood within the framework of attachment theory (Stover, Choi, & Mayes, 2018; Widom & Wilson, 2015). According to attachment theory, children form internal working models about themselves and others based on the quality of the parent–child relationship (Bowlby, 1977).…”

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Teen Dating Violence in a High-Risk Sample: The Protective Role of Maternal Acceptance

Livingston

Lessard

Casey

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J Interpers Violence

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Exposure to marital conflict has been identified as a risk factor for teen dating violence (TDV). Given the high rates of marital conflict observed in families affected by paternal alcoholism, children of alcoholic fathers may be at increased risk for TDV. Positive parenting behaviors are protective against TDV in general, but whether they can attenuate the effects of exposure to marital conflict is uncertain. According to social learning theory, adolescents exposed to both positive and conflictual parenting may perceive aggression to be part of a normal and loving relationship and hence be at risk for TDV. In contrast, attachment theory would posit that positive parenting would better enable youth to regulate negative emotions and would be protective against TDV. The current study used prospective data to examine whether maternal acceptance buffered the relationship between exposure to marital conflict in early adolescence and TDV in late adolescence among a sample of adolescents at risk for TDV due to parental alcoholism. Adolescents ( N = 227, 50% female, 89% European American), half of whom had an alcoholic parent, completed surveys in early (eighth grade) and late adolescence (11th and 12th grades). They reported on exposure to marital conflict, perceptions of maternal acceptance, and involvement in TDV. Regression analyses revealed that exposure to marital conflict in early adolescence was predictive of TDV in late adolescence. However, an examination of the interaction between exposure to marital conflict and maternal acceptance indicated that at high levels of marital conflict and maternal acceptance, exposure to marital conflict no longer predicted TDV. Findings suggest that social modeling alone is not sufficient for understanding the intergenerational transmission of violence. A multipronged approach to violence prevention among high-risk families targeting both parental and parent–child relationships is recommended.

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The moderating role of attachment on the association between childhood maltreatment and adolescent dating violence

Cited by 25 publications

References 84 publications

Is All Dating Violence Equal? Gender and Severity Differences in Predictors of Perpetration

Is All Dating Violence Equal? Gender and Severity Differences in Predictors of Perpetration

Modelo de violencia en relaciones de pareja en adolescentes colombianos

Teen Dating Violence in a High-Risk Sample: The Protective Role of Maternal Acceptance

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