ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

A Proposed Process from Attachment Anxiety to Physical Aggression: From the Perspective of the Escalation Theory of Domestic Violence

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Personality/Emotion Psychology

  • Xinyu Xie
    Hiroshima University
  • Ken'ichiro Nakashima
    Hiroshima University

Abstract

This study aimed to propose a process of violence infliction in romantic relationships due to attachment anxiety based on the escalation theory of domestic violence. Results suggested the significant roles of jealousy and reactions to romantic conflict in the process from attachment anxiety leading to physical aggression.

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