Modern Psychological Studies
Brief report: how implicit attitudes toward emotion regulation influence partner-directed aggression
Periodical Title
Modern Psychological Studies
Volume
22
Number
1
Page Numbers
pages 1-6
Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Date
2016
Abstract
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) perpetration involves many risk factors related to cognitions and emotions, such as insufficient emotion regulation. Those who inadequately regulate negative emotions have been shown to be more likely to have a history of partner violence. However, during routine activities, such as dealing with an intimate partner, emotions are regulated without effortful processing or monitoring. Because this unmonitored emotion regulation process takes place, implicit, or indirect measures of emotion regulation may be better suited to assess unconscious attitudes toward regulating negative emotions. We examined if implicit attitudes toward emotion regulation are related to the frequency of aggressive reactions and if the frequency differs based on a previous history of IPV. A history of IPV predicted some aggressive responding, but the implicit measure unexpected predicted aggression negatively. Possible explanations, clinical implications of inadequate emotion regulation, and intervention suggestions are discussed.
Subject
Psychology
Discipline
Psychology
Document Type
article
DCMI Type
Text
Extent
6 leaves
Language
English
Call Number
BF1 .M63 v. 22 no. 1 2016
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
Pendergast, Katherine A. and Eckhardt, Christopher
(2016)
"Brief report: how implicit attitudes toward emotion regulation influence partner-directed aggression,"
Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 22:
No.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol22/iss1/2
Department
Dept. of Psychology