We conducted a survey-based study looking at the associations among attachment insecurities (anxiety and avoidance), relationship functioning, and psychological domestic violence. We looked at three relationship functioning variables (i.e., anger management, communication, and conflict resolution) and three domestic psychological violence variables (i.e., derogation and control, jealous-hypervigilance, and threats-control of space). Data were collected from 76 male and 21 female court-mandated batterers. Participants completed the self-report measures of attachment insecurities, relationship functioning, and psychological domestic violence-related variables. Overall, attachment insecurities were negatively associated with relationship functioning and positively associated with psychological domestic violence outcomes. Among the whole sample, attachment anxiety correlated positively with derogation and control and with jealous-hypervigilance. There were also differential attachment associations by gender. Attachment anxiety correlated positively with threats of controlling space only among men, and with derogation and control and jealous-hypervigilance only among women. Finally, avoidance correlated negatively with communication only among women. Overall, this pattern of results is consistent with predictions derived from attachment theory: attachment insecurities are associated with poor relationship functioning and high rates of domestic violence.

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法院指责的殴打者样本中的依恋不安全感与心理暴力之间的关联

我们进行了一项基于调查的研究，研究了依恋不安全感（焦虑和回避），关系功能以及家庭暴力心理之间的关联。我们研究了三个关系功能变量（即，愤怒管理，沟通和解决冲突）和三个家庭心理暴力变量（即，克减和控制，嫉妒过度警惕和对空间的威胁控制）。数据收集自76名男性和21名女性法院指定的殴打者。参与者完成了对依恋不安全感，关系功能和心理上与家庭暴力有关的变量的自我报告。总体而言，依恋不安全感与关系功能呈负相关，与心理家庭暴力后果呈正相关。在整个样本中 依恋焦虑与克减和控制以及嫉妒过度警觉呈正相关。还有按性别划分的依恋联想。依恋焦虑与仅在男性中控制空间的威胁，仅在女性中与克减，控制和嫉妒过度有关呈正相关。最后，回避与女性之间的沟通负相关。总体而言，这种结果模式与依恋理论得出的预测是一致的：依恋不安全感与关系功能差和家庭暴力发生率高有关。依恋焦虑与仅在男性中控制空间的威胁，仅在女性中与克减，控制和嫉妒过度有关呈正相关。最后，回避与女性之间的沟通负相关。总体而言，这种结果模式与依恋理论得出的预测是一致的：依恋不安全感与关系功能差和家庭暴力发生率高有关。依恋焦虑与仅在男性中控制空间的威胁，仅在女性中与克减，控制和嫉妒过度有关呈正相关。最后，回避与女性之间的沟通负相关。总体而言，这种结果模式与依恋理论得出的预测是一致的：依恋不安全感与关系功能差和家庭暴力发生率高有关。