Department Health Promotion and Behavior, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2013 Apr;42(4):551-65. doi: 10.1007/s10964-012-9881-5. Epub 2012 Dec 12.
Although research on dating violence is growing, little is known about the distinct developmental trajectories of dating violence during adolescence. The current study identifies trajectories of physical dating violence victimization and perpetration that boys and girls follow from sixth to twelfth grade, examines the overlap of these trajectories, and characterizes them by perceptions of a caring dating relationship and acceptability of dating aggression. The sample consisted of randomly selected sixth graders from nine schools in Northeast Georgia (n = 588; 52 % boys; 49 % White, 36 % African American, 12 % Latino) who completed yearly surveys from Grades 6-12. We used latent class mixture modeling to identify the trajectories and generalized estimating equations models to examine the acceptability of dating aggression by dating violence trajectories. Participants followed two trajectories of dating violence victimization (boys: low and high; girls: low and increasing) and two of perpetration (boys and girls: low and increasing). When examining the joint trajectories of victimization and perpetration, a similar proportion of boys (62 %) and girls (65 %) were in the low victimization and low perpetration group and reported the lowest acceptance of dating aggression. The same proportion of boys and girls (27 %) were in the high/increasing victimization and perpetration group, and reported the highest acceptance of dating aggression. However, acceptance of dating aggression decreased from Grade 6-12 for all groups, even for those whose trajectory of dating violence increased. Victimization and perpetration were associated with reporting a less caring dating relationship. Results highlight the importance of focusing prevention efforts early for adolescents who follow this increasing probability of physical dating violence.
尽管关于约会暴力的研究在不断增加，但对于青少年时期约会暴力的独特发展轨迹却知之甚少。本研究确定了男孩和女孩从六年级到十二年级遵循的身体约会暴力受害和施暴轨迹，考察了这些轨迹的重叠，并通过关心的约会关系和约会攻击的可接受性来描述这些轨迹。该样本由佐治亚州东北部九所学校随机抽取的六年级学生组成（n=588；52%为男生；49%为白人，36%为非裔美国人，12%为拉丁裔），他们在六年级至十二年级期间完成了每年的调查。我们使用潜在类别混合建模来确定轨迹，并使用广义估计方程模型来检查约会暴力轨迹对约会攻击的可接受性。参与者遵循两种约会暴力受害轨迹（男孩：低和高；女孩：低和增加）和两种施暴轨迹（男孩和女孩：低和增加）。当检查受害和施暴的联合轨迹时，相当比例的男孩（62%）和女孩（65%）处于低受害和低施暴群体，报告的约会攻击可接受性最低。相同比例的男孩（27%）和女孩（27%）处于高/增加受害和施暴群体，报告的约会攻击可接受性最高。然而，即使对于那些约会暴力轨迹增加的群体，所有群体的约会攻击可接受性都从六年级到十二年级呈下降趋势。受害和施暴与报告较少关心的约会关系有关。研究结果强调了对那些有更高身体约会暴力风险的青少年早期进行预防干预的重要性。
