1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The current study aims to examine the mediating role of affect dysregulation, maladaptive personality traits, and negative urgency in the association between CCT [childhood cumulative trauma] and psychological IPV [intimate partner violence] perpetration and victimization. [Authors] tested a multivariate integrative model providing preliminary, cross-sectional support for such a model. [This] study will also examine whether the relationship between CCT and perpetrated or sustained psychological IPV is mostly driven by the behavioral impacts of CCT or by its more affective or personality repercussions.» (p. 5105)

Questions/Hypothèses :
«It is expected that CCT will be associated with higher affect dysregulation and maladaptive personality traits, which will heighten negative urgency in CCT survivors and, in turn, lead to higher levels of psychological IPV perpetration and victimization. Acknowledging the dynamic and often bidirectional nature of IPV in the general population […], it is hypothesized that perpetrated and sustained psychological IPV will be positively correlated in the model.» (p. 5105)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«A total of 241 participants (62 men and 179 women) were recruited […]. Participants had to be over 18 years old, speak French, and involved in an intimate relationship for at least 6 months. The mean age was 28.8 years […]. The research [survey] were managed by the authors’ research team and sent to electronic mailing lists of universities’ faculty, staff, and students, as well as to electronic mailing lists of various research associations in the Canadian province of Quebec.» (p. 5106)

Instruments :
Questionnaire

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«The current study is the first to support the hypothesis that the relationship between CCT and psychological IPV is mediated by negative urgency processes that are, in turn, explained by affect dysregulation and maladaptive personality traits. [The] sequential mediational model also goes a step further than past studies […] and provides a plausible, more precise, description of affective, cognitive, and personality factors explaining how CCT may lead to inflicted and perpetrated IPV during adulthood. The current results thus suggest that negative urgency holds a crucial role in the trajectories of CCT survivors who report experiencing psychological IPV. […] Of particular interest, CCT was indirectly associated with sustained psychological IPV through higher affect dysregulation, maladaptive personality traits, and negative urgency. Indeed, although research has suggested that partners’ negative urgency is associated with IPV, no study has yet demonstrated the specific impact of negative urgency on psychological IPV victimization. Such associations suggest that negative urgency in CCT survivors not only affects the management of negative verbal behaviors such as insulting, yelling, or uttering threats but can also increase interpersonal vulnerability. For instance, people who are high in negative urgency frequently engage in impulsive or dysfunctional behaviors when they are upset […] without being necessarily violent.» (p. 5112-5113)