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The Role of Insecure Attachment and Gender Role Stress in Predicting Controlling Behaviors in Men Who Batter

James R. Mahalik

Boston College

Etiony Aldarondo

Boston College

Steven Gilbert-Gokhale

Boston College

Erika Shore

Boston College

The authors hypothesized that masculine gender role stress would mediate the relationship between insecure attachment and controlling behaviors in a sample of men who batter. To examine this hypothesis,143men who were court mandated to attenda batterers’ intervention program in a northeastern state completed measures including the Controlling Behavior Index, the Gender Role Stress Scale, the Relationship Questionnaire, and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. After controlling statistically for social desirability, results indicated that both fearful attachment and gender role stress significantly predicted controlling behaviors, with gender role stress partially mediating the relationship between fearful attachment and controlling behaviors. The discussion focuses on the importance of understanding partner abuse through a gendered context.

Key Words: masculinity • gender role stress • attachment • male batterers

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 20, No. 5, 617-631 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0886260504269688
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