TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - A dyadic analysis of the associations between cumulative childhood trauma and psychological intimate partner violence: the mediating roles of negative urgency and communication patterns
JO  - Journal of marital and family therapy
A1  - Dugal, Caroline
A1  - Belanger, Claude
A1  - Brassard, Audrey
A1  - Godbout, Natacha
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Prior research has suggested associations between cumulative childhood trauma (CCT), negative urgency, communication patterns, and psychological intimate partner violence (P-IPV), but no study has examined these links using a dyadic approach. This study examined the sequential mediation of negative urgency and communication patterns in the link uniting CCT and P-IPV in a sample of 501 heterosexual couples. <br><br>RESULTS suggest that more CCT events are associated with higher levels of negative urgency, which in turn are associated with a higher tendency to endorse a demand/withdraw and/or demand/demand communication pattern, and to perpetrate P-IPV. <br><br>FINDINGS support the need to assess CCT, emotional self-control, dyadic and communication patterns, and P-IPV perpetration and victimization in couples seeking help in order to select interventions that will take into account the individual and dyadic nature of P-IPV.<br><br>© 2019 American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0194-472X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12414
ID  - ref1
ER  -