The mediating and moderating effects of women's attachment style on interrelationships among emotional abuse, physical aggression and relational stability.
Description:
This purpose of this study was to combine two bodies of literature on relationships, attachment and violence. Given the impact of men's physical aggression and emotional abuse on women, it is likely that these behaviors would also affect attachment. A model proposing that women's attachment style mediated and moderated the relationship between partners' physical and emotional abuse and the stability of women's relationships was tested. Archival data were used from two waves of interviews with a…
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Date:
December 2001
Creator:
Weston, Rebecca
Partner:
UNT Libraries