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Adult Attachment Security and Different Types of Relational Violence Victimization Among College‐Age Couples
Author(s) -
Karakurt Gunnur,
Whiting Kathleen,
Banford Witting Alyssa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/jmft.12352
Subject(s) - psychology , coercion (linguistics) , sexual coercion , clinical psychology , intervention (counseling) , dating violence , domestic violence , psychological abuse , poison control , developmental psychology , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , medicine , medical emergency , psychiatry , philosophy , linguistics
This study aims to understand the associations between adult attachment security and different types of intimate partner violence victimization including that of emotional abuse, physical violence, and sexual coercion among heterosexual couples. Participants included 87 couples with the mean age 22.3 years. An actor–partner interdependence model was fit to the data. Findings indicated that adult attachment security accounted for 15% of the variance in the emotional abuse victimization of females, 9% of the variance in the sexual coercion victimization of females, and 7% of the variance in minor physical victimization of males. This may significantly impact risk factor assessment, and contribute to improved therapeutic intervention and increased understanding of the development and progression of relationship violence.