Year: 1995
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The prevalence of dependence and insecure attachment was investigated in a sample of 93 court-and self-referred spouse-abusive men using the Insecure Attachment and Submissiveness scales of the Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology-Basic Questionnaire as well as the Dependent Personality Disorder scale of the Personality Disorder Examination.Results indicated that the prevalence of dependence was no higher than that found in the general population.In contrast, the spouse-abusive men were found to be significantly more insecurely attached when compared with a nonabusive sample of men.In addition, the prevalence of abusive men who scored sigmficantly high on insecure attachment was approximately 25%.Further analyses found that insecure attachment correlated sigdicantly with scales measuring overall violence, emotional abuse, dominance/isolation, ...... Correlations of Attachment Style Measures with Abuse and Personality Measures 72...........
Source: Summit (Simon Fraser University)
Author: Patrick Bartel
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2165231454