Insecure Attachment and Psychological Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration: Low Self-compassion and Compassionate Goals as Mediators
Insecure Attachment and Psychological Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration: Low Self-compassion and Compassionate Goals as Mediators
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DOI：
10.1007/s10896-022-00436-z
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发表时间：
2022-09-12
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Kanemasa，Yuji
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作者：
Miyagawa，Yuki;Kanemasa，Yuji
目的在本预登记研究中，我们检验了依恋焦虑和依恋回避与心理亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）实施的关系。具体来说，我们考察了自我同情和同情目标在这些关联中的中介作用。方法在线收集了513名参与者（241名男性，272名女性）的可用数据，这些参与者目前在日本约会。这些参与者完成了一项关于一般浪漫依恋类型的测试，然后回想起他们目前的约会对象。随后，他们完成了在目前的约会关系中同情目标、自我同情和心理上的IPV犯罪和受害的测量。结果以依恋焦虑和依恋回避为预测因子，自我同情和同情目标为平行中介，心理IPV行为为结果变量的饱和中介模型进行了检验。多元中介分析表明，低自我同情在依恋焦虑与心理IPV犯罪之间起正相关作用，点估计值= 0.006,95% CI[0.003, 0.010]；在依恋回避与心理IPV犯罪之间起正相关作用，点估计值= 0.004,95% CI[0.002, 0.008]。此外，低同情心目标介导依恋回避与心理IPV犯罪之间的正相关，点估计= 0.018,95% CI[0.010, 0.026]。即使在模型中考虑了心理上的IPV受害和协变量（如参与者的性别和关系特征）的影响，这些间接影响仍然显著。结论不安全依恋类型可能导致人们对自己和伴侣缺乏同情心，从而导致心理上的IPV犯罪。
PurposeIn this pre-registered research, we tested how attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance were related to psychological intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration. Specifically, we examined the mediating roles of self-compassion and compassionate goals in these associations.MethodAvailable data were collected online from 513 participants (241 men, 272 women) who were currently in dating relationships in Japan. These participants completed a measure of general romantic attachment styles and, then, brought their current dating partners to mind. Subsequently, they completed measures of compassionate goals, self-compassion, and psychological IPV perpetration and victimization in their current dating relationships.ResultsWe tested the saturated mediation model in which we treated attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance as predictors, self-compassion and compassionate goals as parallel mediators, and psychological IPV perpetration as an outcome variable. Multiple mediation analyses indicated that low self-compassion mediated the positive associations between attachment anxiety and psychological IPV perpetration, point estimate = 0.006, 95% CI [0.003, 0.010], and between attachment avoidance and psychological IPV perpetration, point estimate = 0.004, 95% CI [0.002, 0.008]. Furthermore, low compassionate goals mediated the positive association between attachment avoidance and psychological IPV perpetration, point estimate = 0.018, 95% CI [0.010, 0.026]. These indirect effects remained significant even when the influence of psychological IPV victimization and covariates, such as participants’ sex and relationship characteristics, were considered in the model.ConclusionOur findings imply that insecure attachment styles may orient people to be less compassionate toward themselves and their relationship partners and, thus, engage in psychological IPV perpetration.