This article reports results
from the National Survey on Teen Relationships and Intimate Violence (STRiV)
for 12- to 18-year-old youth (n = 1,804). STRiV provides the first nationally
representative household survey focused on adolescent relationship abuse (ARA),
covering perpetration and victimization.
Among respondents (37%) reporting
current- or past-year dating, 69% reported lifetime ARA victimization (63%
lifetime ARA perpetration). Although psychological abuse was most common for
these youth (more than 60%), the rates of sexual abuse (18%) and physical abuse
victimization (18%), as well as 12% reporting perpetrating physical abuse
and/or sexual abuse (12%) were substantial as well.
Other than differences by
age and gender, ARA rates were consistent by race/ethnicity, geographic region,
urbanicity, and household characteristics, highlighting the importance of
universal prevention programs.
Compared with youth aged 15 to 18, those 12 to
14 years old reported lower rates of psychological and sexual ARA
victimization. Similarly, we found lower ARA perpetration rates for those 12 to
14. We found no gender differences for ARA victimization but found that girls
perpetrated more physical ARA than boys. Girls aged 15 to 18 reported
perpetrating moderate threats/physical violence at more than twice the rate of
younger girls and 3 times the rate compared with boys aged 15 to 18; girls aged
15 to 18 reported perpetrating more than 4 times the rate of serious
psychological abuse than boys 15 to 18.
Finally, these data document the
significant positive correlation between ARA victimization and perpetration.
Findings suggest that when working with youth in prevention services,
interventions should not be designed for monolithic groups of
"victims" or "perpetrators."
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By: Taylor BG1, Mumford EA2.
- 1NORC at the University of Chicago, Bethesda, MD, USA taylor-bruce@norc.org.
- 2NORC at the University of Chicago, Bethesda, MD, USA.
- J Interpers Violence. 2016 Mar;31(6):963-88. doi: 10.1177/0886260514564070. Epub 2014 Dec 28.
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