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Citation |
Gratz KL, Paulson A, Jakupcak M, Tull MT. Violence Vict. 2009; 24(1): 68-82. |
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Affiliation |
Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research, and the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. KLGratz@aol.com |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2009, Springer Publishing) |
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19297886 |
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Abstract |
Despite evidence that childhood maltreatment is associated with increased risk for intimate partner abuse perpetration, the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear. Given literature suggesting that violent behaviors may serve an emotion regulating function, this study examined the mediating role of emotion dysregulation in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and intimate partner abuse perpetration among 341 male and female undergraduates. However, given evidence of gender differences in the underlying mechanisms of intimate partner abuse, emotion dysregulation was expected to be more relevant to the perpetration of partner abuse among men. Consistent with hypotheses, emotion dysregulation mediated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and intimate partner abuse among men; conversely, emotion dysregulation was not associated with partner abuse among women. Language: en |