The Relationship Between Family-of-Origin Experience and Current Family Violence: A Test of Mediation by Attachment Style and Mental Health Symptom Distress |
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| Authors: | Alyssa J. Banford Matthew D. Brown Scott A. Ketring Ty R. Mansfield |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Alliant International University, San Diego, California, USAabanford@alliant.edu;3. University of Houston–Clear Lake, Houston, Texas, USA;4. Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA;5. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to examine whether the presence of substance abuse, physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, and mental illness in the home or family-of-origin is predictive of variance in current family violence perpetration. Additionally, a secondary purpose of this study was to examine whether mental health symptom distress and attachment style mediated the relationship between the presence of traumatic experiences in one's family-of-origin and current family violence perpetration. The results suggested that difficult family-of-origin experiences may predict variance in current family violence indirectly through mental health symptom distress and anxious attachment. |
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