TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - The relationship of negative self-schemas and insecure partner attachment styles with anger experience and expression among male batterers
JO  - Journal of interpersonal violence
A1  - McKee, Michael
A1  - Roring, Steven
A1  - Winterowd, Carrie
A1  - Porras, Claudia
SP  - 2685
EP  - 2702
VL  - 27
IS  - 13
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-2605
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260512436395
ID  - ref1
ER  -