A Systemic Conceptualization of Intimate Partner Violence: Attachment and Differentiation. (July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Katafiasz, Heather
• Is Part Of: Family journal. Volume 28:Number 3(2020:Jul.)
• Page Start: 306
• Page End: 312
• Publication Date: 2020-07
• Subjects: intimate partner violence -- Bowen family systems theory -- adult romantic attachment theory -- couple therapy; Family psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Marital psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Family counseling -- Periodicals; Marriage counseling -- Periodicals; 616.8915605
• DOI: 10.1177/1066480720929697
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1066-4807

Abstract

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a national public health concern that is often conceptualized individually. This article provides a systemic understanding of IPV through the separate and combined lens of Bowen family systems and Attachment Theories. A brief individual overview and application to IPV is provided for each theory, followed by a conceptual integration and then an application of the two theories combined to a case example.