@article{ref1,
title="Why do men insult their intimate partners?",
journal="Personality and individual differences",
year="2007",
author="McKibbin, William F. and Goetz, Aaron T. and Shackelford, Todd K. and Schipper, Lucas D. and Starratt, Valerie G. and Stewart-Williams, Steve",
volume="43",
number="2",
pages="231-241",
abstract="Men sometimes insult their intimate partners and these insults predict intimate partner violence. No research has investigated the function of men's partner-directed insults. We hypothesize that men's partner-directed insults are designed to retain their long-term mate and, therefore, that men's use of partner-directed insults will covary with other mate retention behaviors. Using the mate retention inventory and the partner-directed insults scale, we conducted two studies to test this hypothesis. Study 1 included 245 men who reported their mate retention behaviors and partner-directed insults. Correlations and multiple regression analyses documented the predicted relationships between men's partner-directed insults and mate retention behaviors. Study 2 included 372 women who reported their partner's mate retention behaviors and insults that their partner-directed at them. The results replicated the results of Study 1. Discussion highlights future directions for investigating the relationships between men's partner-directed insults and mate retention behaviors.<p />",
language="",
issn="0191-8869",
doi="10.1016/j.paid.2006.11.027",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2006.11.027"
}