Citation

Meehan JC, Holtzworth-Munroe A, Herron K. J. Fam. Psychol. 2001; 15(3): 394-408.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Indiana University, 1101 East 10th Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7007, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11584790

Abstract

In an attempt to replicate the J. M. Gottman et al. (1995) batterer typology, 58 men who had engaged in moderate-to-severe marital violence in the past year were studied. The sample was split into Gottman et al.'s Type 1 men (i.e., whose heart rates decreased, from baseline, during a marital conflict task) and Type 2 men (i.e., whose heart rates increased). The groups did not differ in the manner predicted on measures of marital violence, antisocial or aggressive-sadistic personality, drug dependence, criminality, general violence, childhood exposure to interparental violence, behavior during marital interactions, or relationship stability. Contrary to expectations, wives of Type 1 men rated their husband as more jealous and angry and reported more marital distress. In the only finding consistent with Gottman et al., Type 2 men scored higher on a measure of dependent personality. Implications for future research are discussed.

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