TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bonache, Helena
A1  - Gonzalez-Mendez, Rosaura
A1  - Krahé, Barbara
T1  - Romantic Attachment, Conflict Resolution Styles, and Teen Dating Violence Victimization
T2  - Journal of youth and adolescence : a multidisciplinary research publication
N2  - Although research on dating violence has increased in the last decades, little is known about the role of romantic attachment and conflict resolution in understanding victimization by an intimate partner among adolescents. This study examined the relationships between insecure attachment styles, destructive conflict resolution strategies, self-reported and perceived in the partner, and psychological and physical victimization by a dating partner in 1298 adolescents (49% girls). Anxious attachment was related to both forms of victimization via self-reported conflict engagement and conflict engagement attributed to the partner among boys and girls. Moreover, both insecure attachment styles were also indirectly linked to victimization via self-reported withdrawal and conflict engagement perceived in the partner, but only among boys. The implications of the findings for promoting constructive communication patterns among adolescents for handling their relationship conflicts are discussed.
KW  - Attachment style
KW  - Conflict resolution
KW  - Teen dating violence
KW  - Victimization
KW  - Adolescence
Y1  - 2017
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/46405
SN  - 0047-2891
SN  - 1573-6601
VL  - 46
SP  - 1905
EP  - 1917
PB  - Springer
CY  - New York
ER  -