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Gender Differences in Insecure Attachment Styles, Egalitarian Gender Roles, and Attitudes Toward Dating Violence Among College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model

Celik, Aynur Karabacak, Tanriverdi, Esra Cinar

Abstract

The existing literature on dating violence identifies a number of antecedents to dating violence but few studies situate attitudes toward dating violence within attachment theory and the gender role perspective while also accounting for gender differentiations in attitudes toward dating violence. This is a correlational study examining the relationships between attachment styles, egalitarian gender roles, and attitudes toward dating violence. In a sample of 574 college students, results demonstrated a significant low level correlation between avoidant attachment style, egalitarian gender roles, and attitudes toward dating violence. Mediation analysis results showed that egalitarian gender roles significantly mediate the relationship between avoidant attachment dimension and attitudes toward dating violence, while moderation analysis showed that gender is a significant moderator for avoidantly attached individuals. The conditional indirect effect and index of moderated mediation were also significant for the avoidant attachment dimension. The results are discussed in light of the literature on attachment and gender roles. Supplemental data for this article is available at [INSERT LINK FOR REFERENCES].

Keywords

Attachment style attitudes toward dating violence college students dating violence egalitarian gender roles insecure attachment INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE CHILDHOOD MALTREATMENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADULT ATTACHMENT VICTIMIZATION ASSOCIATIONS WOMEN URBAN POWER MEN

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Psychology, Clinical Criminology & Penology Family Studies Psychiatry

Sustainable Development Goals

16 Peace and Justice Strong Institutions Good Health and Well-being Gender Equality

Citation

Journal: JOURNAL OF AGGRESSION MALTREATMENT & TRAUMA
Year: 2023
Volume: 32
Issue: 10
Pages: 1447-1468
ISSN: 1092-6771
eISSN: 1545-083X
DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2023.2189041
WoS UID: WOS:000949208000001

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