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  • Title: The relation of insecure attachment states of mind and romantic attachment styles to adolescent aggression in romantic relationships.
    Author: Miga EM, Hare A, Allen JP, Manning N.
    Journal: Attach Hum Dev; 2010 Sep; 12(5):463-81. PubMed ID: 20730640.
    Abstract:
    The relation of attachment states of mind and self reported attachment relationship styles to romantic partner aggression was examined in a community sample of 93 adolescents. Higher levels of insecure-preoccupied and insecure-dismissing states of mind, as assessed by the Adolescent Attachment Interview at age 14, were predictive, respectively, of perpetration and victimization of psychological aggression in romantic relationships four years later. Partners' romantic attachment anxiety was linked to both psychological and physical aggression perpetration in romantic relationships. Results are interpreted as suggesting the value of assessing aggression in adolescent romantic relationships in the context of broader patterns of regulation of affect and behavior via the attachment system.
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