title: The relationship of negative self-schemas and insecure partner attachment styles with anger experience and expression among male batterers.
abstract: The purpose of the study was to explore how negative self-schemas and partner attachments were related to the experience and expression of anger (i.e., trait anger, inward and outward expression of anger) in a sample of male batterers (n = 40) who participated in court-mandated group services. They completed the Experience in Close Relationships (ECR), the Young Schema Questionnaire-2 (YSQ-2), the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 (STAXI-2), and a demographic sheet. Male batterers who experienced pervasive anger (i.e., trait anger) tended to experience negative self-schemas associated with the Impaired Limits domain (respecting the rights of others, insufficient self-control, entitlement). Male batterers who tended to suppress their anger tended to feel avoidantly attached to their romantic partner and endorsed negative self-schemas associated with the Disconnection and Rejection domain (abandonment, emotional deprivation, defectiveness/shame). Implications for clinical practice with male offenders and future research are discussed.
authors: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA. mccabot@yahoo.com
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: McKee
authors: Steven
authors: S
authors: Roring
authors: Carrie
authors: C
authors: Winterowd
authors: Claudia
authors: C
authors: Porras
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008571:Men / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009769:Object Attachment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012649:Self Concept; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012752:Shame; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult