Purpose
The
goal of the present research was to identify distinct latent classes of
adolescents that commit teen dating violence (TDV) and assess differences on
demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal correlates.
Methods
Boys
and girls (N = 1,149; Mage = 14.3; Grades
6–12) with a history of violence exposure completed surveys assessing six
indices of TDV in the preceding 3 months. Indices of TDV included controlling
behaviors, psychological TDV, physical TDV, sexual TDV, fear/intimidation, and
injury. In addition, adolescents provided demographic and dating history
information and completed surveys assessing attitudes condoning violence,
relationship skills and knowledge, and reactive/proactive aggression.
Results
Latent
class analysis indicated a three-class solution wherein the largest class of
students was nonviolent on all indices (“nonaggressors”) and the smallest class
of students demonstrated high probability of nearly all indices of TDV
(“multiform aggressors”). In addition, a third class of “emotional aggressors”
existed for which there was a high probability of controlling and psychological
TDV but low likelihood of any other form of TDV. Multiform aggressors were
differentiated from emotional and nonaggressors on the use of self-defense in
dating relationships, attitudes condoning violence, and proactive aggression.
Emotional aggressors were distinguished from nonaggressors on nearly all
measured covariates.
Conclusions
Evidence
indicates that different subgroups of adolescents engaging in TDV exist. In
particular, a small group of youth engaging in multiple forms of TDV can be
distinguished from a larger group of youth that commit acts of TDV restricted
to emotional aggression (i.e., controlling and psychological) and most youth
that do not engage in TDV.
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By: Dennis
E. Reidy, Ph.D., Barbara Ball,
Ph.D., Debra Houry,
M.D., Kristin M.
Holland, Ph.D., Linda A. Valle, Ph.D., Megan C. Kearns,
Ph.D., Khiya J.
Marshall, Ph.D., Barri Rosenbluth, L.C.S.W.
Affiliations
Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Correspondence
Address correspondence to: Dennis E. Reidy, Ph.D., Division
of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta,
GA 30341.
dreidy@cdc.gov
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