@article{ref1,
title="Childhood sexual abuse and attachment insecurities as predictors of women's own and perceived-partner extradyadic involvement",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2014",
author="Frías, María Teresa and Brassard, Audrey and Shaver, Phillip R.",
volume="38",
number="9",
pages="1450-1458",
abstract="We examined the association between self-reported childhood sexual abuse and a woman's own and perceived-partner extradyadic involvement (EDI). The association was examined both directly and as potentially mediated by attachment-related anxiety and avoidance in a sample of 807 French Canadian women. In line with our hypotheses, we found that a personal history of CSA is associated with a woman's own and perceived-partner EDI and with the woman's levels of attachment anxiety and avoidance. The association between CSA and own EDI was partially mediated by attachment-related avoidance. The results suggest that a sense of betrayal stemming from CSA predisposes a woman to avoidance, which in turn predisposes her to EDI. The association between CSA and perceived-partner EDI was partially mediated by both attachment anxiety and avoidance. These results suggest that victims of CSA become suspicious of others' relational behavior and intentions, which contribute to attachment-related anxiety and avoidance and both own and perceived-partner EDI.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.02.009",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.02.009"
}