Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Department of Psychological, Health & Learning Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Dev Psychopathol. 2019 Dec;31(5):1729-1739. doi: 10.1017/S0954579419001007.
We investigated how initial conflicts in adolescent romantic relationships escalate into serious forms of conflict, including intimate partner violence (IPV). We focused on whether adolescents' micro-level interaction patterns, i.e., coercion and positive engagement, mediated between conflict and future IPV. The sample consisted of 91 heterosexual couples, aged 13 to 18 years (M = 16.5, SD = 0.99) from a diverse background (42% Hispanic/Latino, 42% White). Participants completed surveys about conflict at Time 1, and they participated in videotaped conflict and jealousy discussions. At Time 2, participants completed surveys about conflict and IPV, and an average daily conflict score was calculated from ecological momentary assessments. Multilevel hazard models revealed that we did not find support for dyadic coercion as a risk process leading to escalations in conflict. However, a higher likelihood of ending dyadic positive behaviors mediated between earlier levels of conflict and a latent construct of female conflict and IPV. Classic coercive dynamics may not apply to adolescent romantic relationships. Instead, not being able to reinforce levels of positivity during conflict predicted conflict and IPV as reported by females. The implications of these findings for understanding coercion in the escalation from conflict to IPV in adolescent romantic relationships are discussed.
我们研究了青少年恋爱关系中的初始冲突如何升级为严重冲突形式，包括亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）。我们专注于青少年的微观互动模式，即强制和积极参与，是否在冲突和未来的 IPV 之间起中介作用。该样本包括 91 对来自不同背景（42%西班牙裔/拉丁裔，42%白人）的 13 至 18 岁的异性恋情侣（M=16.5，SD=0.99）。参与者在第 1 次时完成了关于冲突的调查，并参与了录像带冲突和嫉妒讨论。在第 2 次时，参与者完成了关于冲突和 IPV 的调查，并从生态瞬时评估中计算了平均每日冲突得分。多层次危险模型显示，我们没有发现二元强制作为导致冲突升级的风险过程的支持。然而，在更早的冲突水平和女性冲突和 IPV 的潜在结构之间，结束二元积极行为的可能性更高。经典的强制动态可能不适用于青少年恋爱关系。相反，在冲突期间无法加强积极水平，这预示着女性报告的冲突和 IPV。这些发现对理解青少年恋爱关系中从冲突到 IPV 的升级过程中的强制作用具有重要意义。
