Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, 51 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA,
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2014 Feb;42(2):239-50. doi: 10.1007/s10802-013-9782-4.
Within a developmental psychopathology framework, the current study examined adolescent conflict (age 16) with families, best friends, and dating partners as mediators in the prospective pathway from exposure to interparental violence (EIPV) in early childhood (0-64 months) to dating violence perpetration and victimization in early adulthood (age 23). Adolescent conflict was predicted to partially mediate EIPV and dating violence with significant direct paths from EIPV to dating violence, given the extant literature on the salience of early childhood EIPV for later maladjustment. Participants (N = 182; 99 males, 83 females; 67 % Caucasian, 11 % African-American, 18 % other, 4 % unreported) were drawn from a larger prospective study of high-risk mothers (aged 12-34 years) that followed their children from birth through adulthood. EIPV and adolescent conflict were rated from interviews with mothers and participants, and dating violence (physical perpetration and victimization) was assessed with the Conflict Tactics Scale. Path analyses showed that EIPV in early childhood (a) directly predicted dating violence perpetration in early adulthood and (b) predicted conflict with best friends, which in turn predicted dating violence perpetration. Although mediation of best friend conflict was not evident, indirect effects of EIPV to dating violence were found through externalizing behaviors in adolescence and life stress in early adulthood. Findings highlight that conflict with best friends is affected by EIPV and predicts dating violence, suggesting that it may be a promising target for relationship-based interventions for youth with EIPV histories. Furthermore, deleterious early experiences and contemporaneous risk factors are salient predictors of dating violence.
在发展心理病理学框架内，本研究考察了青少年与家庭、最好的朋友和约会伴侣的冲突（16 岁），作为从童年早期（0-64 个月）父母间暴力（EIPV）暴露到成年早期（23 岁）约会暴力实施和受害的前瞻性途径的中介。鉴于有关童年早期 EIPV 对后期适应不良的重要性的现有文献，预计青少年冲突将部分中介 EIPV 和约会暴力，EIPV 与约会暴力之间存在显著的直接路径。参与者（N=182；99 名男性，83 名女性；67%为白种人，11%为非裔美国人，18%为其他种族，4%未报告）来自一项对高危母亲（年龄在 12-34 岁之间）的更大前瞻性研究，该研究从孩子出生到成年一直跟踪他们的孩子。EIPV 和青少年冲突是通过对母亲和参与者的访谈进行评估的，而约会暴力（身体侵害和受害）则是通过冲突策略量表进行评估的。路径分析表明，童年早期的 EIPV（a）直接预测成年早期的约会暴力实施，（b）预测与最好的朋友的冲突，而后者又预测约会暴力实施。虽然最好的朋友冲突的中介作用不明显，但在青少年时期的外化行为和成年早期的生活压力中发现了 EIPV 到约会暴力的间接影响。研究结果强调了与最好的朋友的冲突受到 EIPV 的影响，并预测了约会暴力，这表明它可能是针对有 EIPV 历史的年轻人的基于关系的干预措施的一个有希望的目标。此外，有害的早期经历和同期的风险因素是约会暴力的重要预测因素。
