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Buck, Nicole M. L.; Leenaars, Ellie P. E. M.; Emmelkamp, Paul M. G.; van Marle, Hjalmar J. C. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Studies have found that male batterers are more often insecurely attached as compared with nonbatterers. However, it is still not clear how insecure attachment is related to domestic violence. Many studies compared batterers and nonbatterers regarding pathological personality characteristics that are related to attachment (e.g., dependency,…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Separation Anxiety, Personality Traits, Family Violence
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Reese-Weber, Marla; Smith, Dana M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
The association between a history of child sexual abuse (CSA) and specific negative outcomes (attachment, feelings of power, and self-esteem) was explored as was the relationship between those negative outcomes and sexual victimization during the first semester of college. Two groups of freshman college women (67 who had experienced CSA and 55 who…
Descriptors: Correlation, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Victims of Crime
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Alexander, Pamela C.; Tracy, Allison; Radek, Megan; Koverola, Catherine – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
Battered women's stages of change (SOCs) are examined in this study. First, confirmatory factor analysis and latent profile analysis were conducted on 754 battered women's responses on the Problems in Relationship Scale (Brown, 1998). Factor loadings were strong, and latent variable mixture modeling produces a two-class solution. Second,…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Factor Analysis, Predictor Variables
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Marsa, Fiona; O'Reilly, Gary; Carr, Alan; Murphy, Paul; O'Sullivan, Maura; Cotter, Anthony; Hevey, David – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2004
When 29 child sex offenders, 30 violent offenders, 30 nonviolent offenders, and 30 community controls were compared, a secure adult attachment style was 4 times less common in the child sex offender group than in any of the other three groups. Ninety-three percent of sex offenders had an insecure adult attachment style. Compared with community…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Locus of Control, Attachment Behavior, Child Abuse