Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Violence and Justice Research Laboratory, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.
J Adolesc Health. 2022 Jun;70(6):934-941. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.12.026. Epub 2022 Feb 14.
Adolescent dating abuse (ADA) is a public health issue. Adolescents may experience victimization, engage in perpetration, or both. This study explores the co-occurrences of ADA victimization and perpetration, specifically examining which experiences and behaviors are most likely to co-occur and whether these vary by gender.
Data came from a nationally representative sample of 807 adolescents between the ages of 11 and 21 years in the United States who reported on at least one relationship in the past year through the Measure of Adolescent Relationship Harassment and Abuse (MARSHA). Using this sample, we applied network analysis to depict each ADA type as a "node" in a network where it was directly or indirectly associated with other types of victimization and perpetration. This network approach allowed for an empirical understanding of the patterns of victimization and perpetration co-occurrences.
Findings demonstrate multiple associations between victimization and perpetration, which were present to a greater extent among male adolescents. The results reveal clusters of co-occurring victimization and perpetration within the domains of (1) cyber and emotional ADA and (2) physical and emotional ADA. A diverse range of victimization experiences (e.g., sexual victimization) did not typically co-occur with perpetration.
The results suggest that ADA identification and specialized services require a nonbinary approach to address victims and perpetrators' trauma and abusive behaviors. Detection of certain ADA types, especially controlling behaviors within the cyber domain, can help identify and prevent a wide range of other ADA types that tend to co-occur.
青少年约会暴力（ADA）是一个公共卫生问题。青少年可能会成为受害者，也可能会实施暴力，或者两者兼而有之。本研究探讨了 ADA 受害与施暴的同时发生情况，具体研究哪些经历和行为最有可能同时发生，以及这些情况是否因性别而异。
数据来自美国一个年龄在 11 至 21 岁之间的全国代表性样本，该样本中至少有 807 名青少年在过去一年中报告了至少一段恋爱关系，这是通过青少年恋爱骚扰和虐待测量工具（MARSHA）实现的。我们使用该样本，通过网络分析将每种 ADA 类型描绘为一个网络中的“节点”，在该网络中，它与其他类型的受害和施暴直接或间接相关。这种网络方法使我们能够从实证角度理解受害和施暴同时发生的模式。
研究结果表明，受害与施暴之间存在多种关联，而这些关联在男性青少年中更为明显。研究结果揭示了在（1）网络和情感 ADA 以及（2）身体和情感 ADA 这两个领域中，受害与施暴同时发生的聚类。在这些聚类中，一些广泛的受害经历（例如性受害）通常不会与施暴同时发生。
结果表明，ADA 的识别和专门服务需要采用非二元方法来解决受害者和施暴者的创伤和虐待行为。对某些 ADA 类型的检测，特别是网络领域的控制行为，有助于识别和预防其他更常见的同时发生的 ADA 类型。
