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dc.contributor.authorBrownhalls, J
dc.contributor.authorDuffy, A
dc.contributor.authorEriksson, L
dc.contributor.authorBarlow, FK
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-12T01:56:00Z
dc.date.available2019-11-12T01:56:00Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn0886-2605
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0886260518822339
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/389063
dc.description.abstractObsessive relational intrusions (ORI) are the repeated and unwanted attempts by one person to initiate or maintain an intimate relationship with a specific, targeted, and unwilling other. To date, ORI has been commonly explained by relational goal pursuit (RGP) theory. Centrally, RGP theory posits that five clusters of goal-related cognitions and emotions explain ORI. These are goal-linking, self-efficacy, rumination, affective flooding, and rationalization. However, while the first four factors have been empirically investigated as predictors of ORI, rationalization has not. Thus, the current study aimed to reintroduce rationalization to the evaluation of the RGP model among heterosexual former intimate partners. Participants (N = 379; 45.6% female, Mage = 34.4) were recruited from North America and completed an online survey assessing the RGP factors and engagement in ORI. Overall, we found that, after the other factors from the RGP model were considered, the inclusion of rationalization increased the variance explained in ORI. Furthermore, the rationalization subfactor of distortion (as opposed to permissiveness) uniquely predicted ORI both at a broad level and across specific clusters of ORI behavior. These findings not only support the inclusion of rationalization within the RGP model but also provide initial evidence that this construct might be the most individually critical to the explanation of a wide array of ORI behaviors. In addition to having implications for the prediction and explanation of ORI, these findings can also be used to direct clinical treatment of ORI perpetrators toward addressing defenses of rationalization.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage Publications
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto23
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Interpersonal Violence
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminological theories
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial work
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical and health psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4409
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5203
dc.subject.keywordsintimate partner violence
dc.subject.keywordsobsessive relational intrusions
dc.subject.keywordsrationalization
dc.subject.keywordsrelational goal pursuit theory
dc.subject.keywordsstalking
dc.titleReintroducing Rationalization: A Study of Relational Goal Pursuit Theory of Intimate Partner Obsessive Relational Intrusion
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBrownhalls, J; Duffy, A; Eriksson, L; Barlow, FK, Reintroducing Rationalization: A Study of Relational Goal Pursuit Theory of Intimate Partner Obsessive Relational Intrusion, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2019, pp. 1-23
dc.date.updated2019-11-11T05:15:15Z
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorEriksson, Li L.
gro.griffith.authorDuffy, Amanda L.


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