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The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology

The Effect of Ambivalence Over Emotional Expressiveness on Dating Violence: The Mediation Effect of Relational Aggression

Abstract

As the public concern about dating violence rises, research on the emotional and behavioral characteristics of dating violence perpetrators is required. The present study explored the influence of ambivalence of emotional expressiveness on three types of dating violence (physical, emotional, sexual), as well as if relational aggression served as a mediator between ambivalence of emotional expressiveness and dating violence. Based on a sample of 160 single men and women in their 20s and 30s, we found that ambivalence of emotional expressiveness, relational aggression, and three types of dating violence were all positively correlated. Furthermore, there was a full mediating effect of relational aggression between ambivalence of emotional expressiveness and dating violence. In other words, the higher the ambivalence of emotional expressiveness, the higher the relational aggression, and the higher the relational aggression was, the more physical, emotional, and sexual dating violence occurred.

keywords
정서표현 양가성, 관계적 공격성, 데이트 폭력, 신체적 폭력, 정서적 폭력, 성적 폭력, Ambivalence over emotional expression, relational aggression, dating violence, physical violence, emotional violence, sexual violence
Submission Date
2024-02-27
Revised Date
2024-04-24
Accepted Date
2024-06-30

The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology