Why do men insult their intimate partners?

被引：22
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作者：
McKibbin, William F.
Goetz, Aaron T.
Shackelford, Todd K.
Schipper, Lucas D.
Starratt, Valerie G.
Stewart-Williams, Steve
机构：
[1] Florida Atlantic Univ, Dept Psychol, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33314 USA
[2] McMaster Univ, Dept Psychol Neurosci & Behav, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
来源：
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES | 2007年 / 43卷 / 02期
关键词：
verbal insults; mate retention; intimate partner violence; violence against women;
D O I：
10.1016/j.paid.2006.11.027
中图分类号：
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号：
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要：
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 I 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. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码：231 / 241
页数：11
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