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Relation between social information processing and intimate partner violence in dating couples
Author(s) -
Setchell Sarah,
Fritz Patti Timmons,
Glasgow Jillian
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/ab.21692
Subject(s) - relation (database) , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , psychology , suicide prevention , medical emergency , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , social information processing , domestic violence , social psychology , medicine , computer science , psychiatry , cognition , data mining , pathology
We used couple‐level data to predict physical acts of intimate partner violence (IPV) from self‐reported negative emotions and social information‐processing (SIP) abilities among 100 dating couples ( n = 200; mean age = 21.45 years). Participants read a series of hypothetical conflict situation vignettes and responded to questionnaires to assess negative emotions and various facets of SIP including attributions for partner behavior, generation of response alternatives, and response selection. We conducted a series of negative binomial mixed‐model regressions based on the actor‐partner interdependence model (APIM; Kenny, Kashy, & Cook, 2006, Dyadic data analysis . New York, NY: Guilford Press). There were significant results for the response generation and negative emotion models. Participants who generated fewer coping response alternatives were at greater risk of victimization (actor effect). Women were at greater risk of victimization if they had partners who generated fewer coping response alternatives (sex by partner interaction effect). Generation of less competent coping response alternatives predicted greater risk of perpetration among men, whereas generation of more competent coping response alternatives predicted greater risk of victimization among women (sex by actor interaction effects). Two significant actor by partner interaction effects were found for the negative emotion models. Participants who reported discrepant levels of negative emotions from their partners were at greatest risk of perpetration. Participants who reported high levels of negative emotions were at greatest risk of victimization if they had partners who reported low levels of negative emotions. This research has implications for researchers and clinicians interested in addressing the problem of IPV. Aggr. Behav. 43:329–341, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.