title: Partner-Specific Anger Management as a Mediator of the Relation between Mindfulness and Female Perpetrated Dating Violence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The current study examined the relationship between facets of mindfulness, partner-specific anger management, and female perpetrated dating violence. In addition, we examined whether anger management mediated the relation between mindfulness and psychological and physical aggression perpetration.
  
  
  METHODS
  Female undergraduate students (N= 481) completed self-report measures of mindfulness, partner-specific anger management, and dating violence perpetration.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mindfulness facets of nonreactivity, act with awareness, and nonjudging, as well as anger management, were associated with dating violence perpetration. After controlling for dating violence victimization, structural equation modeling (SEM) demonstrated that anger management fully mediated the relation between nonreactivity and act with awareness and psychological and physical aggression perpetration. Moreover, specific anger management components (escalating strategies and negative attributions) were largely responsible for the mediation findings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is one of the first studies to demonstrate a relation between mindfulness and aggression perpetration, and the first to examine theoretically proposed mechanisms responsible for this relationship. Dating violence prevention programs may benefit from including mindfulness-based interventions to improve anger management and reduce aggressive behavior.
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee - Knoxville, TN; Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Ryan C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Shorey
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee - Knoxville, TN; Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Amanda E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Seavey
authors.affiliation: Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI; Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.affiliation: Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI; Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Tara L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Cornelius
keywords: Dating violence; anger; anger management; intimate partner violence; mindfulness