Department of Public Health Research, NORC at the University of Chicago, Bethesda, MD, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2018 Feb;47(2):321-333. doi: 10.1007/s10964-017-0733-1. Epub 2017 Sep 12.
Witnessing inter-parental intimate partner violence has been found to be associated with adolescents' own relationship abuse. This study investigates the relationship between patterns of inter-parental intimate partner verbal and physical violence victimization reported by parents and their children's reports of dating abuse experiences and behavior. Latent class analysis was performed on a sample of 610 parents (42% male and 67% white) and their dating adolescent children (ages 12-21 years; 52% male). Parents reported five types of victimization by their partners in the past year, while youth concurrently reported their own victimization and perpetration within their dating relationships. Three profiles of parents' intimate partner victimization were related to youth relationship abuse experiences and behaviors. Children of parents who experienced verbal abuse were more likely to experience similar patterns in their own relationships, whereas children of parents who report physical and verbal abuse were more likely to report psychological, physical and sexual abusive encounters in their partnerships. Findings indicate that parents' relationship quality and abusive behaviors may have a long lasting effect on their children as they enter mid and late adolescence. Parents should pay attention to their own relationship quality and behavior even as their teen-age children gain independence.
目睹父母间的亲密伴侣暴力已被发现与青少年自身的关系虐待有关。本研究调查了父母报告的父母间亲密伴侣言语和身体暴力受害模式与青少年约会虐待经历和行为之间的关系。对 610 名父母（42%为男性，67%为白人）及其约会青少年子女（12-21 岁；52%为男性）的样本进行了潜在类别分析。父母报告了过去一年中伴侣的五种受害类型，而青年则同时报告了自己在约会关系中的受害和施害情况。父母亲密伴侣受害的三种模式与青年关系虐待经历和行为有关。遭受言语虐待的父母的孩子更有可能在自己的关系中经历类似的模式，而报告身体和言语虐待的父母的孩子更有可能在他们的伴侣关系中报告心理、身体和性虐待遭遇。研究结果表明，父母的关系质量和虐待行为可能会对他们的孩子产生长期影响，因为他们进入中期和后期青春期。即使青少年子女获得独立，父母也应该关注自己的关系质量和行为。
