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<p>Aggression experiences in adolescence are empirically associated with aggression experiences in emerging adulthood. Few studies have evaluated possible moderators of this continuity, limiting our understanding of possible change processes. Mature perspective-taking might help victims of adolescent bullying avoid later partner abuse and bullies avoid becoming abuse perpetrators. This multimethod exploratory study tested whether mature perspective-taking (interpersonal decentering) might moderate associations between recalled experiences of bullying in adolescence and romantic partner victimization or perpetration in emerging adulthood. Interpersonal decentering is a content-analysis scoring system for interpersonal narratives that measures perspective-taking maturation into adulthood consistent with Piaget’s cognitive developmental theory. Unlike egocentrism, mature interpersonal decentering enables a person to contemplate their own and other people’s mental states so as to anticipate the effects of their interactions. Participants (84 ethnically and socioeconomically diverse undergraduates, age M = 22.30, SD = 2.61, range 19–31) considered themselves in a romantic relationship currently or during the past year. Moderation models tested the influence of interpersonal decentering on continuity of aggression experiences from adolescence (bullying or being bullied) to emerging adulthood (partner abuse as perpetrator or victim). Decentering maturity correlated positively with both partner abuse victimization and perpetration, and also moderated continuity. Being bullied was negatively related to relationship victimization only for those with less mature decentering; former bullies who later decentered more maturely perpetrated more relationship abuse than other bullies. Findings are consistent with the situational couple violence model of college romantic relationships and suggest abuse prevention and couples therapy strategies.</p>

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Perspective-taking preserves the continuity of perpetration but disrupts victimization: the effect of perspective-taking on the association between bullying in adolescence and partner abuse in the college years

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    2025年10月21日

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  • Courtney Sanders,
  • Sharon Rae Jenkins

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Aggression experiences in adolescence are empirically associated with aggression experiences in emerging adulthood. Few studies have evaluated possible moderators of this continuity, limiting our understanding of possible change processes. Mature perspective-taking might help victims of adolescent bullying avoid later partner abuse and bullies avoid becoming abuse perpetrators. This multimethod exploratory study tested whether mature perspective-taking (interpersonal decentering) might moderate associations between recalled experiences of bullying in adolescence and romantic partner victimization or perpetration in emerging adulthood. Interpersonal decentering is a content-analysis scoring system for interpersonal narratives that measures perspective-taking maturation into adulthood consistent with Piaget’s cognitive developmental theory. Unlike egocentrism, mature interpersonal decentering enables a person to contemplate their own and other people’s mental states so as to anticipate the effects of their interactions. Participants (84 ethnically and socioeconomically diverse undergraduates, age M = 22.30, SD = 2.61, range 19–31) considered themselves in a romantic relationship currently or during the past year. Moderation models tested the influence of interpersonal decentering on continuity of aggression experiences from adolescence (bullying or being bullied) to emerging adulthood (partner abuse as perpetrator or victim). Decentering maturity correlated positively with both partner abuse victimization and perpetration, and also moderated continuity. Being bullied was negatively related to relationship victimization only for those with less mature decentering; former bullies who later decentered more maturely perpetrated more relationship abuse than other bullies. Findings are consistent with the situational couple violence model of college romantic relationships and suggest abuse prevention and couples therapy strategies.