Department of Criminal Justice, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Center for Family and Demographic Research, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Dec;37(23-24):NP22549-NP22577. doi: 10.1177/08862605211072173. Epub 2022 Mar 8.
Violent victimization in adolescence spurs risk-taking behaviors (e.g., violent offending and substance use/abuse), undermines mental well-being, disrupts developmental transitions, and even has interpersonal and relational consequences. Adolescent victims initiate earlier and progress faster through sexual and romantic relationships. Because the reasons for the links between victimization and relationship behaviors remain unclear, we explored how violent victimization might shape how adolescents think and feel about intimate/romantic relationships. We focus specifically on interest in forming relationships and expectations about intimate/sexual activity occurring within relationships. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health; = 10,570 [54% girls; 56% non-Hispanic white; ages 11-18]), we found that adolescent victims of violence were more pessimistic about marriage and more favorable toward sexual activity, with patterns varying by age at victimization and gender. Late adolescent victims were marginally more interested in romantic relationships but were pessimistic about marriage. Early adolescent and girl victims were less favorable toward sexual activity in relationships, while later adolescent and boy victims were more permissive. Violent victimization may foster problematic attitudes toward intimate relationships, which may account for previously observed increased involvement in risky relational and sex behaviors.
青少年时期的暴力受害会促使冒险行为（如暴力犯罪和药物滥用/成瘾），破坏心理健康，扰乱发展过渡，甚至产生人际和关系后果。青少年受害者更早地开始并更快地经历性和浪漫关系。由于受害与关系行为之间的联系的原因仍不清楚，我们探讨了暴力受害如何影响青少年对亲密/浪漫关系的想法和感受。我们特别关注对建立关系的兴趣以及对关系内亲密/性行为的期望。我们使用来自青少年到成年健康的全国纵向研究（Add Health；n = 10570[54%为女孩；56%为非西班牙裔白人；年龄 11-18 岁]）的数据，发现暴力受害的青少年对婚姻更加悲观，对性行为更加赞成，模式因受害年龄和性别而异。晚期青少年受害者对浪漫关系更感兴趣，但对婚姻悲观。早期青少年和女孩受害者对关系中的性行为不太赞成，而后期青少年和男孩受害者则更加宽容。暴力受害可能会助长对亲密关系的不良态度，这可能解释了先前观察到的与风险关系和性行为的参与度增加。
