TY - JOUR
T1 - The Role of Family Verbal Aggression and Taking Conflict Personally in Romantic Relationship Complaint Avoidance
AU - Aloia, Lindsey S.
AU - Worley, Timothy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/3/15
Y1 - 2019/3/15
N2 - This study examined complaint avoidance in adult romantic relationships as a function of both exposure to family verbal aggression in childhood and taking conflict personally. Four hundred thirty-seven college students completed measures assessing their histories of family verbal aggression, complaint avoidance behaviors, and tendencies to take conflict personally. Results indicated that a history of family verbal aggression and three components of taking conflict personally, namely positive relational effects, negative relational effects, and like/dislike valence, were negatively associated with complaint avoidance. In addition, a history of family verbal aggression was positively associated with positive relational effects, negative relational effects, and like/dislike valence. The relationship between a history of family verbal aggression and complaint avoidance, however, was not mediated by taking conflict personally.
AB - This study examined complaint avoidance in adult romantic relationships as a function of both exposure to family verbal aggression in childhood and taking conflict personally. Four hundred thirty-seven college students completed measures assessing their histories of family verbal aggression, complaint avoidance behaviors, and tendencies to take conflict personally. Results indicated that a history of family verbal aggression and three components of taking conflict personally, namely positive relational effects, negative relational effects, and like/dislike valence, were negatively associated with complaint avoidance. In addition, a history of family verbal aggression was positively associated with positive relational effects, negative relational effects, and like/dislike valence. The relationship between a history of family verbal aggression and complaint avoidance, however, was not mediated by taking conflict personally.
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U2 - 10.1080/10510974.2018.1524777
DO - 10.1080/10510974.2018.1524777
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85055587779
SN - 1051-0974
VL - 70
SP - 190
EP - 207
JO - Communication Studies
JF - Communication Studies
IS - 2
ER -