Citation

Kesner JE, Julian T, McKenry PC. J. Fam. Violence 1997; 12(2): 211-228.

Affiliation

Department of Early Childhood Education, College of Education, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, 30303; Department of Nursing, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio, 43081; Department of Family Relations and Human Development and Department of Bl

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1023/A:1022840812546

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Ninety one men were interviewed regarding their intimate relationships and childhood experiences. A secondary analysis of an extant data set was conducted to explore the applicability of Bowlby's attachment theory in explaining the etiology of male intimate violence. Various attachment-related variables were hypothesized to be related to male intimate violence. Results of a hierarchical regression analysis indicated that the attachment cluster of variables served as unique predictors of male intimate violence. The male's perceived relationship support and recollection of maternal relationship were the two significant predictors of male intimate violence within the attachment cluster. Race and education were also found to be significant predictors of male violence toward a female intimate.
attachment theory - male violence - domestic violence - hierarchical regression analysis.