When we hurt the ones we love: Predicting violence against women from men's mate-retention behaviors
Date of Award
2005
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Shackelford, Todd K.
Abstract
Mate-retention behaviors are designed to solve several adaptive problems, such as deterring a partner's infidelity and preventing defection from the relationship. Although many mate-retention behaviors appear to be innocuous romantic gestures (e.g., giving flowers), some may be harbingers of violence. Here, the relationship between men's mate-retention and violence against women was investigated. In Study 1, men reported their use of mate-retention behaviors and violence in their relationships. Study 2 assessed women's reports of their partners' mate-retention behaviors and their partners' violence against them. Study 3 secured husbands' reports of their mate retention and wives' reports of their husbands' violence. As predicted, and across all studies, men's mate-retention behaviors predicted violence against romantic partners.
Extent
71 p.
Recommended Citation
Goetz, Aaron T., "When we hurt the ones we love: Predicting violence against women from men's mate-retention behaviors" (2005). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 976.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/976
Identifier
FADT13244
Comments
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2005.|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2005.