Department of Educational and Counselling Pscyhology and Special Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
J Adolesc. 2023 Oct;95(7):1348-1364. doi: 10.1002/jad.12206. Epub 2023 Jul 6.
Previous research shows that adolescents who experience dating violence most often disclose their victimization to a peer or friend, more so than to other sources of support. However, surprisingly little research has explored how adolescents respond to peer disclosures of dating violence. Addressing this gap, the present study assessed variations in adolescents' perceptions of blame, interpretations of the incident as violence, and intentions to respond across physical, psychological, sexual, cyber-psychological, and cyber-sexual dating violence scenarios.
As part of a national research project across Canada, 663 high school adolescents (432 girls, 65.2%) between the ages of 14-17 were randomly assigned to complete a questionnaire which included one of five different hypothetical dating violence scenarios. Next, participants responded to questions about their perceptions of the incident, as well as victim and perpetrator blame and responsibility, and their intentions to respond.
Results indicated that the type of dating violence experienced and the age and gender of participants all played a role in perceptions of blame, understandings of violence, and intentions to respond.
As one of the first studies to explore how adolescents perceived and responded to dating violence, considering both in-person and cyber forms of dating violence, this study fills an important gap in the literature. Findings underscore the uniqueness of cyber forms of dating violence and how pre/intervention programs must address the specific contexts and issues unique to each type of dating violence.
先前的研究表明，经历过约会暴力的青少年通常更倾向于向同龄朋友或同伴而非其他支持来源透露自己的受害情况。然而，令人惊讶的是，很少有研究探讨青少年对同伴透露约会暴力的反应方式。为了弥补这一空白，本研究评估了青少年在身体、心理、性、网络心理和网络性约会暴力场景中对责备、将事件解释为暴力以及回应意图的感知差异。
作为加拿大全国性研究项目的一部分，663 名 14-17 岁的高中生（432 名女生，65.2%）被随机分配完成一份问卷，其中包括五个不同的假设约会暴力场景之一。然后，参与者回答了关于他们对事件的看法，以及对受害者和施害者的责备和责任的看法，以及他们回应的意图。
结果表明，经历的约会暴力类型以及参与者的年龄和性别都对责备、对暴力的理解和回应意图产生了影响。
作为首批探索青少年如何感知和回应约会暴力的研究之一，同时考虑到面对面和网络约会暴力的形式，本研究填补了文献中的一个重要空白。研究结果强调了网络约会暴力形式的独特性，以及预/干预计划必须针对每种类型的约会暴力特有的具体背景和问题。
