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The Relationship Between Gender Microaggression and Psychological Dating Violence Perpetration: Sequential Mediating Effects of Internalized Shame and Anger Suppression
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Abstract
The present study aims to further understand female psychological dating violence perpetration against a male partner. The study examines whether internalized shame and anger suppression mediates the relationship between gender microaggression and psychological dating violence perpetration among women. An online survey was conducted with unmarried women in their 20s and 30s. The data from 339 participants were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlational analysis, and structural equation modeling with SPSS 25.0 and Mplus 8.2. The main findings are as follows. First, internalized shame significantly mediated the relationship between gender microaggression and psychological dating violence perpetration. Second, gender microaggression had a significant influence on psychological dating violence perpetration through the sequential mediating effect of internalized shame and anger suppression. However, the mediating effect of anger suppression was not significant. This study focuses on female dating violence perpetration, which has received relatively limited attention, and provides insights that gender microaggression, internalized shame, and anger suppression may have an important role predicting dating violence perpetration. Based on the findings, the effective prevention and intervention strategies for female psychological aggression within dating relationships are discussed.