TY - JOUR PY - 2014// TI - Exposure to family violence and attachment styles as predictors of dating violence perpetration among men and women: A mediational model JO - Journal of interpersonal violence A1 - Lee, Mary A1 - Reese-Weber, Marla A1 - Kahn, Jeffrey H. SP - 20 EP - 43 VL - 29 IS - 1 N2 - This study examined a multiple mediator model explaining how sibling perpetration and one's attachment style mediate the relation between parent-to-child victimization and dating violence perpetration. A sample of undergraduate students (n = 392 women, n = 89 men) completed measures of the aforementioned variables on an Internet survey. For men, path analyses found no mediation; parent-to-child victimization had a direct association with dating violence perpetration, no association was found between sibling perpetration and dating violence perpetration, and attachment anxiety, but not attachment avoidance, was positively associated with dating violence perpetration for men. For women, the hypothesized mediation model was supported; parent-to-child victimization had a direct association with dating violence perpetration, and sibling perpetration and attachment anxiety served as mediating variables. Attachment avoidance was not associated with dating violence perpetration for women. Implications for future research and clinical practice are discussed.

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LA - en SN - 0886-2605 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260513504644 ID - ref1 ER -