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

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...

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Published in:Journal of interpersonal violence 2012-09, Vol.27 (13), p.2685-2702
Main Authors: McKee, Michael, Roring, Steven, Winterowd, Carrie, Porras, Claudia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Anger
Antisocial Personality Disorder - psychology
Attachment
Attachment Behavior
Clinical medicine
Deprivation
Humans
Internal-External Control
Interpersonal Relations
Interpersonal Relationship
Intimacy
Male
Males
Men
Men - psychology
Middle Aged
Object Attachment
Offenders
Personal relationships
Psychological Patterns
Questionnaires
Rights
Risk Factors
Self Concept
Self Control
Self Disclosure
Shame
Spouse Abuse - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States (Midwest)
Violence
Young Adult
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0886-2605
1552-6518
DOI:10.1177/0886260512436395