Citation

Duggan S, O'Brien M, Kennedy JK. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 2001; 69(1): 13-24.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, New York University, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11302270

Abstract

This study investigated the thoughts and feelings that young adults from violent (VPA) and nonviolent (NPA) interparental-conflict backgrounds reported while listening to simulated marital conflicts and after a delay for reflection. While listening to conflicts, VPAs were more likely than NPAs to predict negative outcomes and to place blame. No between-groups differences regarding negative outcomes emerged after a delay. VPAs also reported perpetrating and experiencing more aggressive conflict in their dating relationships. Post hoc probes revealed that the negative-outcome-prediction and blaming variables played no significant mediating role in participants' intergenerational patterns of intimate-relationship aggression; however, methodological limitations likely compromised the statistical power for examining this mediational model. Results are discussed in light of research regarding intergenerational patterns of violence within families.

Language: en