The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2013 Apr;42(4):536-50. doi: 10.1007/s10964-012-9810-7. Epub 2012 Sep 19.
Teen dating violence is a crime of national concern with approximately one-fourth of adolescents reporting victimization of physical, psychological, or sexual dating violence each year. The present study examined how aggressive family dynamics in both childhood and early adolescence predicted the perpetration of dating violence and victimization in late adolescence. Children (n = 401, 43 % female) were followed from kindergarten entry to the age of 18 years. Early adolescent aggressive-oppositional problems at home and aggressive-oppositional problems at school each made unique predictions to the emergence of dating violence in late adolescence. The results suggest that aggressive family dynamics during childhood and early adolescence influence the development of dating violence primarily by fostering a child's oppositional-aggressive responding style initially in the home, which is then generalized to other contexts. Although this study is limited by weaknesses detailed in the discussion, the contribution of longitudinal evidence including parent, teacher, and adolescent reports from both boys and girls, a dual-emphasis on the prediction of perpetration and victimization, as well as an analysis of both relations between variables and person-oriented group comparisons combine to make a unique contribution to the growing literature on adolescent partner violence.
青少年恋爱暴力是一个备受关注的全国性问题，每年大约有四分之一的青少年报告遭受身体、心理或性方面的恋爱暴力侵害。本研究探讨了儿童期和青少年早期的攻击性家庭动态如何预测青少年晚期恋爱暴力的发生和受害。从幼儿园入学到 18 岁，对 401 名儿童（43%为女性）进行了跟踪研究。青少年早期家庭中的攻击性对立问题和学校中的攻击性对立问题都对青少年晚期恋爱暴力的出现做出了独特的预测。研究结果表明，儿童期和青少年早期的攻击性家庭动态主要通过培养孩子最初在家庭中的对立攻击反应模式，然后将其推广到其他环境，从而影响恋爱暴力的发展。尽管这项研究受到讨论中详细说明的弱点的限制，但包括来自男孩和女孩的父母、教师和青少年报告的纵向证据的贡献、对侵害和受害的预测的双重重视，以及对变量之间关系和面向个体的群体比较的分析，共同为青少年伴侣暴力不断增长的文献做出了独特的贡献。
