The Relationship of Negative Self-Schemas and Insecure Partner Attachment Styles With Anger Experience and Expression Among Male Batterers

Autor: Steven A. Roring, Carrie L. Winterowd, Michael McKee, Claudia Porras
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 27:2685-2702
ISSN: 1552-6518
0886-2605
Popis: 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.
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