خطر ادراک شده زن خیانت رابطه بین شخصیت مردان و خشونت شریک زندگی را تعدیل می کند

We hypothesized that men’s personality traits interact with men’s perceived risk of partner’s infidelity to predict men’s partner-directed violence. Moderation analyses of data provided by 467 men in a committed relationship indicated that: (1) men with lower emotional stability, agreeableness, and conscientiousness, and men who perceived greater risk of partner infidelity perpetrated more partner-directed violence, and (2) the relationship between men’s personality traits and partner-directed violence depends on their perceptions of the risk of partner infidelity. Simple slope analyses indicated that: (a) men’s emotional stability and agreeableness predict partner-directed violence only when perceived risk of partner infidelity is low, and (b) men’s conscientiousness predicts partner-directed violence only when perceived risk of partner infidelity is high.

In response to the tragically high incidence and negative consequences of female-directed violence in intimate relationships, a large literature has investigated the predictors of female-directed partner violence. Previous research has identified several proximate predictors of female-directed partner violence, such as family history of aggression (Riggs and O’Leary, 1996 and Rosenbaum and O’Leary, 1981), culture and social roles (e.g., Archer, 2006 and Gage and Hutchinson, 2006), and ultimate or evolutionary causes such as paternity uncertainty (e.g., Goetz et al., 2008 and Shackelford et al., 2005). The current research is guided broadly by a person-situation interaction approach to female-directed violence in intimate relationships. This approach is informed by research on the personality characteristics of men who inflict violence on their intimate partners and also considers the situational contexts in which intimate partner violence occurs.