Attachment and Relational Aggression: Power as a Mediating Variable
Keywords
romantic attachment, relationship power
Abstract
Evidence illustrates that insecure romantic attachment predicts higher levels of relational aggression. However, no research has attempted to explain that relationship with mediating variables, such as relationship power, which is associated with attachment and partner violence. Data for this study included 457 couples from Wave 2 of the Flourishing Families Study. Actor Partner Interdependence results indicated that insecure attachment was significantly predictive of relational aggression actor effects. There was also a significant partner effect between male insecure attachment and female relational aggression, and power was a significant mediator between attachment and relational aggression for males and females.
Original Publication Citation
Oka, M., *Brown, C. C., & Miller, R. B. (2016). Attachment and relational aggression: Power as a mediating variable. American Journal of Family Therapy, 44, 24-35.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Oka, Megan; Brown, Cameron C.; and Miller, Rick B., "Attachment and Relational Aggression: Power as a Mediating Variable" (2015). Faculty Publications. 2565.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/2565
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2015-11-18
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/5397
Publisher
The American Journal of Family Therapy
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Sociology
Copyright Status
© 2016 Taylor & Francis