@article{ref1,
title="The relationship of negative self-schemas and insecure partner attachment styles with anger experience and expression among male batterers",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2012",
author="McKee, Michael and Roring, Steven and Winterowd, Carrie and Porras, Claudia",
volume="27",
number="13",
pages="2685-2702",
abstract="The purpose of the study was to explore how negative self-schemas and partner attachments were related to the experience and expression of anger (i.e., trait anger, inward and outward expression of anger) in a sample of male batterers (n = 40) who participated in court-mandated group services. They completed the Experience in Close Relationships (ECR), the Young Schema Questionnaire-2 (YSQ-2), the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 (STAXI-2), and a demographic sheet. Male batterers who experienced pervasive anger (i.e., trait anger) tended to experience negative self-schemas associated with the Impaired Limits domain (respecting the rights of others, insufficient self-control, entitlement). Male batterers who tended to suppress their anger tended to feel avoidantly attached to their romantic partner and endorsed negative self-schemas associated with the Disconnection and Rejection domain (abandonment, emotional deprivation, defectiveness/shame). Implications for clinical practice with male offenders and future research are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260512436395",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260512436395"
}