Sexual battery in the context of intimate partnerships: Examining the link between romantic attachment and sexual assault via the interpersonal apperceptive technique.
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Title
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Sexual battery in the context of intimate partnerships: Examining the link between romantic attachment and sexual assault via the interpersonal apperceptive technique.
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Identifier
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AAI3115255
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identifier
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3115255
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Creator
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Guajardo, Jacqueline N.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Jeffrey Rosen
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Date
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2004
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Clinical
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Abstract
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The Interpersonal Apperceptive Technique (IAT)---a new projective instrument, Griffin and Bartholomew's RSQ (1994) measure of the four category model of adult attachment, and the Conflict Tactics Scale 2 (CTS 2) (Straus et al, 1996) were used to examine the relationship between attachment style and both projected and actual sexual violence perpetrated by men against female intimate partners. Sexual violence was disaggregated into (1) overt sexual violence and (2) covert sexual violence. The literature on attachment and sexual offending was used to advance four major hypotheses: (1) on measures of projected violence (IAT) dismissingly and fearfully attached men were predicted to exhibit more sexual violence (combined covert and overt sexual violence) compared to men with either secure or preoccupied attachment styles; (2) dismissingly and fearfully attached men were predicted to reveal more overt sexual violence on both projective measures (IAT) and self-report inventories (CTS 2) of actual violence compared to men with either preoccupied or secure attachment styles; (3) men with secure and preoccupied attachment styles were predicted to reveal more covert sexual violence on projective measures (TAT) compared to both dismissingly and fearfully attached men, and (4) both dismissingly and fearfully attached men were predicted to report more overt sexual violence on measures of actual violence (CTS 2) compared to men with either preoccupied or secure attachment styles. Data was collected and analyzed in two separate phases using both grounded theory and Analysis of variance. In Phase 1, 20 men recruited from an area GED program completed the IAT as a measure of projected violence and the RSQ attachment measure. Results for Phase 1 showed dismissingly attached men to report significantly higher rates of both sexual and covertly sexual violence. In Phase 2, 15 adult men in treatment for the prevention of family violence completed the RSQ, IAT and CTS2 as a measure of actual violence. Results for Phase 2 showed near significant differences only for projected sexual violence with fearfully attached men revealing more sexual violence on the IAT compared to dismissingly attached men. Secondary hypotheses regarding attachment style and non-sexual violence were also tested and discussed.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
