Reyes H Luz McNaughton, Foshee Vangie A, Chen May S, Ennett Susan T
Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Rosenau Hall CB# 7440, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7400, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2017 Aug;46(8):1727-1742. doi: 10.1007/s10964-016-0621-0. Epub 2016 Dec 22.
Theory and research suggest that there may be significant heterogeneity in the development, manifestation, and consequences of adolescent dating violence that is not yet well understood. The current study contributed to our understanding of this heterogeneity by identifying distinct patterns of involvement in psychological, physical, and sexual dating violence victimization and perpetration in a sample of Latino youth (n = 201; M = 13.87 years; 42% male), a group that is understudied, growing, and at high risk for involvement in dating violence. Among both boys and girls, latent class analyses identified a three-class solution wherein the largest class demonstrated a low probability of involvement in dating violence across all indices ("uninvolved"; 56% of boys, 64% of girls) and the smallest class demonstrated high probability of involvement in all forms of dating violence except for sexual perpetration among girls and physical perpetration among boys ("multiform aggressive victims"; 10% of boys, 11% of girls). A third class of "psychologically aggressive victims" was identified for which there was a high probability of engaging and experiencing psychological dating violence, but low likelihood of involvement in physical or sexual dating violence (34% of boys, 24% of girls). Cultural (parent acculturation, acculturation conflict), family (conflict and cohesion) and individual (normative beliefs, conflict resolution skills, self-control) risk and protective factors were associated with class membership. Membership in the multiform vs. the uninvolved class was concurrently associated with emotional distress among girls and predicted emotional distress longitudinally among boys. The results contribute to understanding heterogeneity in patterns of involvement in dating violence among Latino youth that may reflect distinct etiological processes.
理论和研究表明，青少年约会暴力的发展、表现和后果可能存在显著的异质性，但目前尚未得到充分理解。本研究通过在拉丁裔青年样本（n = 201；平均年龄13.87岁；42%为男性）中识别心理、身体和性约会暴力受害及施暴的不同参与模式，为我们理解这种异质性做出了贡献。拉丁裔青年群体研究较少，但人数在不断增加，且参与约会暴力的风险很高。在男孩和女孩中，潜在类别分析确定了一个三类解决方案，其中最大的类别在所有指标上参与约会暴力的可能性较低（“未参与”；男孩占56%，女孩占64%），最小的类别在除女孩性施暴和男孩身体施暴之外的所有形式的约会暴力中参与可能性较高（“多形式攻击受害者”；男孩占10%，女孩占11%）。还确定了第三类“心理攻击受害者”，这类人参与并经历心理约会暴力的可能性很高，但参与身体或性约会暴力的可能性较低（男孩占34%，女孩占24%）。文化（父母文化适应、文化适应冲突）、家庭（冲突与凝聚力）和个人（规范信念、冲突解决技能、自我控制）风险及保护因素与类别归属相关。多形式攻击受害者类别与未参与类别相比，在女孩中与情绪困扰同时存在关联，在男孩中则纵向预测情绪困扰。这些结果有助于理解拉丁裔青年约会暴力参与模式的异质性，这可能反映了不同的病因过程。
