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Dating violence; actor-partner interdependence model; emotional abuse;
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The Association Of Attachment Anxiety And Avoidance With Emotional Dating Abuse Perpetration Using Multimethod, Dyadic Data, Elizabeth A. Goncy, Manfred H.M. Van Dulmen
The Association Of Attachment Anxiety And Avoidance With Emotional Dating Abuse Perpetration Using Multimethod, Dyadic Data, Elizabeth A. Goncy, Manfred H.M. Van Dulmen
Psychology Faculty Publications
This study examined the relationship between emotional dating abuse perpetration and attachment anxiety and avoidance using multimethod, multi-informant dyadic data. Data were derived from a sample of young adult heterosexual dating couples (N = 113 couples). We measured attachment through self-report survey data and emotional dating abuse through self-report surveys, partner-report surveys, and ratings by independent observers of a videotaped couple interaction. Both female and male anxiety were related to female emotional abuse across each method. Male anxiety was related to male emotional abuse in survey data, but female anxiety was related to male emotional abuse in observed data. Neither …