The Role of Childhood Emotional Maltreatment in Predicting Adulthood Aggression
Subject Areas : PsychologyBehnaz Shid Anbarani 1 , Alireza Gol 2 , Fatemeh Farhadian 3 , Zahra Tabibi 4 * , Sajjad Namvar Tabatabaee 5
1 - Ferdosi University
2 - Ferdosi University
3 - Ferdosi University
4 - Ferdosi University
5 - Ferdosi University
Keywords: emotional maltreatment, aggression, pathological personality traits,
Abstract :
The aim of this study was to determine the role of childhood emotional (affective) maltreatments (abuse) in predicting adult aggression with the mediating role of pathological (morbid) personality traits. This research was a descriptive correlational study and the statistical population included all persons between 18 and 50 years old. The sample of this study was 266 people who were selected through available sampling. Subjects completed the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (AQ), DSM-5 Personality Inventory (PID-5) and Life Experiences Questionnaire (LEQ) on a voluntary basis. The direct effect of emotional maltreatment variables on the morphological variables was 0.22, the direct effect of the emotional maltreatment variables on aggression was 0.24 and the direct effect of combining morbidity variables on aggression was 0.64. According to the t-test, the indirect paths of the model are significant, indicating a significant mediating role of pathological characteristics in the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and adult aggression. From the findings of this study, it can be concluded that the causal model of the mediating role of pathological (morbid) personality traits is confirmed in relationship between childhood emotional maltreatment and adulthood aggression.
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