ROMANTIC REJECTION AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: THE ROLE OF REJECTION SENSITIVITY, PRECARIOUS MANHOOD BELIEFS AND HONOR CONCERNS

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2026-3-10

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Karagenç, Kardelen

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This dissertation investigated the relationship between perceived romantic rejection and intimate partner violence (IPV) in two forms, psychological aggression and physical assault, and the moderating roles of rejection sensitivity, precarious manhood beliefs, feminine and masculine honor concerns among heterosexual men by adopting a Culture-Person-Situation (CuPS) framework. Four path models were tested, examining psychological aggression and physical assault as dependent variables across two samples: men who were in romantic relationships (N = 252) and men who had been in romantic relationships before but were not romantically involved at the time of data collection (N = 189). Results revealed that, none of the proposed paths were significant for the models predicting psychological aggression. In contrast, romantic rejection was related to physical assault among men in romantic relationships, with precarious manhood beliefs strengthening this relationship. Whereas the moderator effect of masculine honor beliefs was observed among men who were not in romantic relationships, the relationship between romantic rejection and physical assault was significant only at low levels of masculine honor concerns. The moderating roles of rejection sensitivity and feminine honor concerns were insignificant across samples and forms of IPV. Overall, the findings indicate that the occurrence of intimate partner violence is shaped by situational factors, individual differences, and the endorsement of cultural logics, in line with the CuPS framework.

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romantic rejection, intimate partner violence, rejection sensitivity, precarious manhood beliefs, cultures of honor

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/118768

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis