Abstract
The study examined how regulation of awective dependence relates to aggressiveness via jealousy and revenge. Two opposing dependency patterns – Pathological Awective Dependence (PAD) and Fear of Intimacy (FoI) – were tested against internalized (anger/hostility) and externalized (physical/verbal) aggressiveness. Adults from the general population (N = 437; 330 women, 107 men; M(age) = 32.9) completed measures of PAD, FoI, cognitive and behavioral jealousy, revenge motivation, and aggression. Structural equation models speciffed PAD/FoI as exogenous predictors, jealousy facets as parallel mediators, and revenge as a downstream mediator. PAD predicted both beha-vioral and cognitive jealousy; FoI predicted cognitive – but not beha-vioral – jealousy. Both jealousy types predicted revenge, which was positively associated with internalized and externalized aggressive-ness. Behavioral jealousy also showed direct positive ewects on both aggression forms, whereas cognitive jealousy had no direct ewects. PAD and FoI retained direct positive associations with internalized aggressiveness; direct paths to externalized aggressiveness were non- signiffcant for PAD and marginal for FoI. Jealousy-driven revenge appears to be a proximal pathway linking unregulated dependency to aggressive behavior. Targeting monitoring/controlling tendencies (behavioral jealousy), suspicious rumination (cognitive jealousy), and revenge motivations may help prevent escalation of relationship conjict.
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- https://apc.it/2026-mancini-the-hidden-roots-of-interpersonal-aggressiveness/
- doi:. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2026.2652379
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@article{Papa2026c,
title = {The Hidden Roots of Interpersonal Aggressiveness:},
author = {Carolina Papa and Allison Uvelli and Marcela Matos and Marta Floridi and Anna Chiara Franquillo and Claudia Perdighe and Francesco Mancini and Erica Pugliese},
editor = {Taylor & Francis},
url = {https://apc.it/2026-mancini-the-hidden-roots-of-interpersonal-aggressiveness/},
doi = {. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2026.2652379},
issn = {1556-4991},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-04-20},
urldate = {2026-04-20},
journal = {Victims & Offenders},
abstract = {The study examined how regulation of awective dependence relates to aggressiveness via jealousy and revenge. Two opposing dependency patterns – Pathological Awective Dependence (PAD) and Fear of Intimacy (FoI) – were tested against internalized (anger/hostility) and externalized (physical/verbal) aggressiveness. Adults from the general population (N = 437; 330 women, 107 men; M(age) = 32.9) completed measures of PAD, FoI, cognitive and behavioral jealousy, revenge motivation, and aggression. Structural equation models speciffed PAD/FoI as exogenous predictors, jealousy facets as parallel mediators, and revenge as a downstream mediator. PAD predicted both beha-vioral and cognitive jealousy; FoI predicted cognitive – but not beha-vioral – jealousy. Both jealousy types predicted revenge, which was positively associated with internalized and externalized aggressive-ness. Behavioral jealousy also showed direct positive ewects on both aggression forms, whereas cognitive jealousy had no direct ewects. PAD and FoI retained direct positive associations with internalized aggressiveness; direct paths to externalized aggressiveness were non- signiffcant for PAD and marginal for FoI. Jealousy-driven revenge appears to be a proximal pathway linking unregulated dependency to aggressive behavior. Targeting monitoring/controlling tendencies (behavioral jealousy), suspicious rumination (cognitive jealousy), and revenge motivations may help prevent escalation of relationship conjict.},
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pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
