Cheng Shih-Ying, Shen April Chiung-Tao, Jonson-Reid Melissa
Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA.
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Jan;37(1-2):NP776-NP802. doi: 10.1177/0886260520918573. Epub 2020 May 13.
Teen dating violence (TDV) is a major global public health concern. Few studies, however, have examined profiles of TDV in Chinese societies and how these profiles might be associated with teens' mental health. The current study analyzed a sample of 891 middle and high school students with dating experience in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. Latent class analysis (LCA) and multinomial logit regression analysis were performed in an attempt to identify profiles of TDV and then investigate possible associations between class membership and self-reported depression. The results of LCA suggested that a four-class model was the best fit for the data: Severe/Multi-Type TDV (5.51%), Controlling Behavior (13.08%), Non/Low TDV (64.50%), and Physical Violence (16.91%). The best-fit model suggested bidirectionality, meaning among teen partners in an abusive relationship, both tended to participate in violent acts and controlling behaviors. The results of the multinomial regression showed that, compared with the Non/Low TDV class, teens in the Severe/Multi-Type TDV class or Controlling Behavior class had greater odds of screening positive for depression. There was no significant difference in the risk of depression between the Physical Violence class and the Non/Low TDV class. Implications for future research and practice are also discussed herein.
青少年约会暴力（TDV）是一个重大的全球公共卫生问题。然而，很少有研究调查中国社会中TDV的特征以及这些特征与青少年心理健康之间的关系。本研究分析了来自台湾、香港和上海的891名有约会经历的中学生和高中生样本。进行了潜在类别分析（LCA）和多项逻辑回归分析，以试图识别TDV的特征，然后调查类别归属与自我报告的抑郁之间可能存在的关联。LCA的结果表明，四类模型最适合该数据：严重/多种类型TDV（5.51%）、控制行为（13.08%）、无/低TDV（64.50%）和身体暴力（16.91%）。最佳拟合模型表明存在双向性，即在虐待关系中的青少年伴侣中，双方都倾向于参与暴力行为和控制行为。多项回归结果表明，与无/低TDV类别相比，严重/多种类型TDV类别或控制行为类别的青少年抑郁筛查呈阳性的几率更高。身体暴力类别和无/低TDV类别之间在抑郁风险上没有显著差异。本文还讨论了对未来研究和实践的启示。
