Abstract The effects of
family of origin
violence and
intimate partner violence have been extensively documented; however, very few studies have examined the interaction with
emotion regulation strategies. Thus, the objective of this
research was to analyze whether different types of
emotion regulation strategies, both adaptive and maladaptive, mediate the relationship between
family of origin
violence and
intimate partner violence in the Mexican
population. A total of 838 participants (45.9%
men and 54.1%
women) responded to instruments addressing
family of origin
violence,
emotion regulation strategies, and
intimate partner violence. The results revealed that both
structural models were significant. For
women, the model showed an adequate fit X 2 (11, N = 838) = 22.75, p = .288, GFI = .95, AGFI = .91, NFI = .98, CFI = .97, RMSEA = .05. Likewise, we found
similar indexes for
men X2 (11, N = 838) = 28.20, p = .348, GFI = .97, AGFI = .93, NFI = .97, CFI = .95, RMSEA = .04. Specifically, the direct effects of adaptive
strategies on
intimate partner violence were statistically significant. Meanwhile, the direct effects of
family of origin
violence on maladaptive
emotion regulation strategies were significant, as were the direct effects of maladaptive
strategies on
intimate partner violence. In turn, the indirect effects of
family of-origin
violence were significantly related to
intimate partner violence via maladaptive
emotion regulation strategies. In addition, the results clearly showed that
men reported higher levels of
aggression against
women. Finally, regarding the selection of
emotion regulation strategies, while
women employed more adaptive
emotion regulation,
men showed a more definite tendency to use maladaptive
emotion regulation.