We assessed the relationship between gender attitudes,
identified as a critical component of violence prevention, and abuse toward
dating partners among adolescent male athletes.
Our sample comprised 1699 athletes from 16 high schools in
northern California who were surveyed between December 2009 and October 2010 in
the larger Coaching Boys Into Men trial. We used logistic regression to assess
the association between gender-equitable attitudes, bystander behavior, and
recent abuse incidents.
Athletes with more gender-equitable attitudes and greater
intention to intervene were less likely (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.36; 95%
confidence interval [CI] = 0.28, 0.46; and AOR = 0.60; 95% CI = 0.48, 0.75,
respectively) and athletes who engaged in negative bystander behavior were more
likely (AOR = 1.22, 95% CI = 1.10, 1.35) to perpetrate abuse against their
female dating partners.
Despite the shift among bystander intervention programs
toward gender neutrality, our findings suggest a strong association between
gender attitudes and dating violence. Programs designed for adolescents should
include discussion of gender attitudes and target bystander behavior, because
these components may operate on related but distinct pathways to reduce abuse.
TABLE 1—
Demographic Characteristics of Sample of Male High School Athletes and Recent Abuse Perpetration Toward Heterosexual Dating Partners: Coaching Boys Into Men Trial, California, 2009–2010
| Characteristic | Total (n=1699),a No. (%) | Any Abuse, No. (%)b | P | Physical–Sexual Abuse, No. (%)b | P | Emotional Abuse, No. (%)b | P |
| Total sample | 276 (16.2) | 81 (4.8) | 243 (14.3) | ||||
| Grade | <.001 | 0.62 | <.001 | ||||
| 9 | 393 (23.1) | 46 (11.7) | 16 (4.1) | 35 (8.9) | |||
| 10 | 429 (25.3) | 63 (14.7) | 23 (5.4) | 54 (12.6) | |||
| 11 | 413 (24.3) | 62 (15.0) | 17 (4.1) | 57 (13.8) | |||
| 12 | 446 (26.3) | 104 (23.3) | 25 (5.6) | 96 (21.5) | |||
| Race/ethnicity | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | ||||
| White | 551 (32.4) | 60 (10.9) | 15 (2.7) | 52 (9.4) | |||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 403 (23.7) | 108 (26.8) | 35 (8.7) | 96 (23.8) | |||
| Hispanic | 339 (20.0) | 47 (13.9) | 16 (4.7) | 39 (11.5) | |||
| Asian | 131 (7.7) | 15 (11.5) | 2 (1.5) | 14 (10.7) | |||
| Native American/Pacific Islander | 84 (4.9) | 11 (13.1) | 3 (3.6) | 9 (10.7) | |||
| Other | 172 (10.1) | 33 (19.2) | 9 (5.2) | 32 (18.6) | |||
| Parental education | .92 | .6 | .89 | ||||
| Some high school | 79 (4.7) | 13 (16.5) | 1 (1.3) | 12 (15.2) | |||
| High school graduate | 300 (17.7) | 53 (17.7) | 15 (5.0) | 45 (15) | |||
| Some college/technical school | 438 (25.8) | 74 (16.9) | 20 (4.6) | 67 (15.3) | |||
| College graduate | 457 (26.9) | 67 (14.7) | 20 (4.4) | 60 (13.1) | |||
| Completed graduate school | 236 (13.9) | 38 (16.1) | 13 (5.5) | 30 (12.7) | |||
| Unknown | 189 (11.1) | 31 (16.4) | 12 (6.3) | 29 (15.3) | |||
| US-born | .009 | .03 | .04 | ||||
| Yes | 1551 (91.3) | 261 (16.8) | 80 (5.2) | 228 (14.7) | |||
| No | 123 (7.2) | 10 (8.1) | 1 (0.8) | 10 (8.1) |
Note. Abuse self-reported in past 3 months. P values determined by χ2 test. The sample size was n = 1699.
aPercentages may not equal 100% because of small amounts of missing data.
bRow percentage.
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By: 
Daniel J. Tancredi, PhD, Jay G. Silverman, PhD, Michele R. Decker, ScD, MPH, S. Bryn Austin, ScD, Marie C. McCormick, MD, ScD, Maria Catrina Virata, MPH, and Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD
Daniel J. Tancredi, PhD, Jay G. Silverman, PhD, Michele R. Decker, ScD, MPH, S. Bryn Austin, ScD, Marie C. McCormick, MD, ScD, Maria Catrina Virata, MPH, and Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
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