Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, United States.
School of Public Health, Georgia State University, United States.
Prev Med. 2017 Aug;101:28-33. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.05.018. Epub 2017 May 18.
Prior research with youth exposed to violence suggests that, in this high-risk population, boys may be victims of sexual teen dating violence (TDV) and injury as frequently as girls. We sought to replicate these findings with a demographically similar sample and to determine whether the findings could be attributed the high-risk nature of the sample by assessing the impact of violence exposure on sex differences.
A cross-sectional sample of 2577 youth (ages 11-18, M=15.4, SD=1.9, 52% female, 25% Caucasian) collected in 2004 from a high-risk community reported on history of dating and exposure to multiple forms of violence. We conducted moderation analyses to test whether polyvictimization (PV) and age moderated the potential sex differences in perpetration and victimization of sexual TDV and injury.
No significant sex differences in victimization were observed regardless of degree of PV. Boys reported more frequent sexual TDV and injury perpetration relative to girls, but only for youth reporting high degree of PV. There were no sex differences in perpetration among low PV youth.
These findings suggest boys from high-risk communities may disproportionately perpetrate severe acts of TDV but at this early age they are equally likely to be victimized. To interrupt the cycle of violence victimization and perpetration, comprehensive violence prevention interventions targeting high-risk youth should be implemented at schools, in homes, and in the community; and they should recognize the potential for girls and boys to be victims of even the most severe forms of TDV.
先前针对接触暴力的青年进行的研究表明，在这个高风险人群中，男孩可能像女孩一样频繁地成为性青少年约会暴力（TDV）和伤害的受害者。我们试图通过评估暴力暴露对性别差异的影响，用一个人口统计学上相似的样本复制这些发现，并确定这些发现是否可以归因于样本的高风险性质。
2004 年，从一个高风险社区中收集了一个横断面样本，共 2577 名 11-18 岁的青少年（平均年龄 15.4，标准差 1.9，52%为女性，25%为白种人），报告了约会和接触多种形式暴力的历史。我们进行了调节分析，以测试多暴力（PV）和年龄是否调节了性 TDV 和伤害的潜在性别差异。
无论 PV 程度如何，受害者中都没有明显的性别差异。与女孩相比，男孩报告了更多的性 TDV 和伤害行为，但仅针对报告高程度 PV 的青少年。在低 PV 青少年中，没有性别差异的行为。
这些发现表明，来自高风险社区的男孩可能不成比例地实施严重的 TDV 行为，但在这个早期阶段，他们同样有可能成为受害者。为了中断暴力受害和实施的循环，应该在学校、家庭和社区中实施针对高风险青年的综合暴力预防干预措施；并且他们应该认识到女孩和男孩都有可能成为最严重形式的 TDV 的受害者。
