Correlates of Psychological Abuse Perpetration in College Dating Relationships. Gormley, B. & Lopez, F. G. Journal of College Counseling, 13(1):4--16, March, 2010.
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This study examined the contributions of gender, adult romantic attachment orientations (i.e., avoidance, anxiety), defense mechanisms (i.e., narcissism, other-splitting), and stressors to college student psychological abuse perpetration (dominance). Men with higher levels of attachment avoidance, narcissistic entitlement, and stressful problems reported more dominance of female partners. Women with higher levels of other-splitting reported more dominance of male partners. Attachment avoidance contributed to women's dominance of male partners only in the context of elevated narcissistic entitlement or few stressors. (Contains 2 tables.)
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  title = {Correlates of {Psychological} {Abuse} {Perpetration} in {College} {Dating} {Relationships}},
  volume = {13},
  issn = {1099-0399},
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  abstract = {This study examined the contributions of gender, adult romantic attachment orientations (i.e., avoidance, anxiety), defense mechanisms (i.e., narcissism, other-splitting), and stressors to college student psychological abuse perpetration (dominance). Men with higher levels of attachment avoidance, narcissistic entitlement, and stressful problems reported more dominance of female partners. Women with higher levels of other-splitting reported more dominance of male partners. Attachment avoidance contributed to women's dominance of male partners only in the context of elevated narcissistic entitlement or few stressors. (Contains 2 tables.)},
  number = {1},
  urldate = {2013-10-05TZ},
  journal = {Journal of College Counseling},
  author = {Gormley, Barbara and Lopez, Frederick G.},
  month = {March},
  year = {2010},
  keywords = {Anxiety, Attachment Behavior, College Students, Correlation, Dating (Social), Defense Mechanisms, Gender Differences, Intimacy, Personality Traits, Psychological Patterns, Stress Variables, Violence},
  pages = {4--16}
}

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