Though dating violence is
widespread among young adult homeless populations, its risk factors are poorly
understood by scholars. To address this gap, the current study uses a social
learning theory to examine the effects of abusive parenting and caretaker
arrests on dating violence among 172 homeless young adults. Results from path
analyses revealed that child physical abuse and caretaker arrests were
positively associated with engaging in a greater number of school fights,
which, in turn, was strongly and positively correlated with participating in
more deviant subsistence strategies (e.g., stealing) since being on the street.
Young people who participated in a greater number of delinquent acts were more
likely to report higher levels of dating violence. Study results highlight the
extent of social learning within the lives of homeless young adults, which is
evident prior to their leaving home and while they are on the street.
Below: Correlates of Dating Violence
...Current study results show
that those who experience higher rates of child physical abuse and those who
report a caretaker who has ever been arrested are more likely to experience a
greater number of school fights. Additionally, we find that child physical
abuse is indirectly associated with dating violence through school fighting and
deviant subsistence strategies. Next, findings reveal that young adults who
report more school fighting engage in a greater number of deviant subsistence
strategies, which is positively associated with more dating violence. Combined,
these multiple factors create interlocking, transecting experiences of violence
that can potentially reinforce one another in complex ways. These webs of
violent behavior can serve to normalize aggression in homeless young adults’
lives. For example, these different behaviors create situations in which youth
are exposed to and take part in many forms of violence such as at home, at
school, and on the street. Moreover, engagement in deviant subsistence
strategies, such as stealing, may be done for survival purposes when youth are
homeless, but these behaviors also may lead to lower resistance to engaging in
other crime such as assaulting a partner. Likewise, many of these youth may be
dating other youth who have been similarly exposed to multiple forms of
violence and when two such youth are in a relationship, this may increase the
likelihood of dating violence. The present study highlights the extent of
physical violence within the lives of homeless young adults, which is evident
prior to their leaving home and while they are on the street...
Full article at: http://goo.gl/vKN92c
By:
University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed
to Kimberly A. Tyler, PhD, Department of Sociology, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, 717 Oldfather Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588. Phone: (402) 472-6073
Kimberly A. Tyler, Department of Sociology, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln; Rachel M. Schmitz, Department of Sociology, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln.
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