Document Type
Article
Version
Author's Final Manuscript
Publication Title
Journal of Personality Disorders
Volume
27
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
Although research has shown links between borderline personality and intimate partner violence (IPV), few studies have examined how each partner’s personality traits may influence the other’s behavior(Hines, 2008). This study incorporated dimensional assessments of borderline personality organization (BPO) in both partners into a dyadic model that examined associations with IPV. In a community sample of 109 couples, Actor-Partner Interdependence Modeling was used to examine links between BPO traits in each partner and victimization and perpetration of IPV. Men’s level of BPO traits was associated with more IPV towards and more victimization by their partners. Women’s level of BPO traits was associated with their victimization only. This study is unique in examining links between BPO and IPV in couples using analyses that account for the interdependence of these variables in dyads.
Publisher's Statement
"Two to tango: A dyadic analysis of links between borderline personality traits and intimate partner violence," E. Maneta, S. Cohen, M. S. Schulz, & R. J. Waldinger. 2013. Copyright Guilford Press. Reprinted with permission of The Guilford Press
Citation
Maneta, E., Cohen, S., Schulz, M. S., & Waldinger, R. J. (2013). Two to tango: A dyadic analysis of links between borderline personality traits and intimate partner violence. Journal of Personality Disorders 27, 233-43.
DOI
10.1521/pedi.2013.27.2.233