Mate value discrepancy and attachment anxiety predict the perpetration of digital dating abuse

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dc.contributor.authorBhogal, Manpal Singh
dc.contributor.authorHowman, Jessica M.
dc.date.accepted2018-09-04
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-10T08:53:15Z
dc.date.available2018-10-10T08:53:15Z
dc.date.issued2018-09-13
dc.description.abstractResearch suggests that individual differences in attachment style predict the perpetration of digital dating abuse. In addition to attachment style, no research, to our knowledge, has explored the role of mate value in the perpetration of digital dating abuse. In this paper, we argue that digital dating abuse is a contemporary cost-inflicting mate retention behaviour, where larger mate value discrepancies between partners are associated with higher levels of digital dating abuse (n = 167). As expected, high mate value discrepancy and attachment anxiety were associated with high levels of digital dating abuse. We provide novel support for the relationship between mate value discrepancy and digital dating abuse. Our findings provide support for additional, unexplored factors which lead to the perpetration of digital dating abuse
dc.identifier.issn2198-9885
dc.identifier.journalEvolutionary Psychological Science
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2436/621772
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.urlhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40806-018-0172-6
dc.source.beginpage113
dc.source.endpage120
dc.source.issue1
dc.source.volume5
dc.subjectAttachment style
dc.subjectMate value discrepancy
dc.subjectMate retention
dc.subjectDigital dating abuse
dc.subjectRomantic relationships
dc.titleMate value discrepancy and attachment anxiety predict the perpetration of digital dating abuse
dc.typeJournal article
refterms.dateFCD2018-10-10T08:53:16Z
refterms.dateFOA2018-10-10T08:53:16Z
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rioxxterms.funderUniversity of Wolverhampton
rioxxterms.identifier.projectUOW10102018MB
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2019-09-13
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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