Ricks JaNelle M, Montgomery Courtni M, Nash Jimmy A
Ohio State University College of Public Health, Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion, 1841 Neil Ave, Columbus OH 43210, United States.
Aggress Violent Behav. 2023 Nov-Dec;73. doi: 10.1016/j.avb.2023.101870. Epub 2023 Jul 28.
Effectively addressing adolescent dating violence rests on the quality of its measurement, as that has substantial implications for our understanding of prevalence, correlates, outcomes. Although dating violence is highly prevalent among sexual minority youth, the state of measurement in this population has scarcely been explored. This scoping review presents information on the measurement of adolescent dating violence in exiting studies conducted with sexual minority youth. Three databases were searched, and the ancestry approach was used to identify relevant literature published in the United States between 1992-2022 that included sexual minority adolescents aged 19 years or younger. Twenty-one articles were identified. Five enrolled entirely sexual minority samples. Sexual minority distribution ranged from 2.1%-100%. All studies operationalized sexual identity as an orientation (not sexual behavior, attraction). Nineteen studies focused on measuring dating violence behavior. Twelve reported on female and male victimization, 4 on female and male perpetration and victimization, 2 on female perpetration and victimization, and 2 on female victimization-only. Most commonly used items were from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (11 studies) and the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory (3 studies). Two studies assessed knowledge of and attitudes toward dating violence. Domains explored included rape myth acceptance, victim empathy, bystander opportunity, and dating abuse knowledge. Only two scales had undergone previous systematic psychometric evaluation. There was no evidence of cross-cultural validation in sexual minority populations. Rigorous research on adolescent dating violence measurement among sexual minority youth is greatly needed and should be given priority among researchers.
有效应对青少年约会暴力取决于其测量的质量，因为这对我们理解其流行程度、相关因素和后果具有重大影响。尽管约会暴力在性少数青年中非常普遍，但对这一人群的测量状况几乎尚未得到探讨。本综述介绍了在对性少数青年进行的现有研究中青少年约会暴力测量的相关信息。检索了三个数据库，并采用追溯法来识别1992年至2022年期间在美国发表的相关文献，这些文献纳入了19岁及以下的性少数青少年。共识别出21篇文章。其中五篇完全纳入了性少数样本。性少数群体的分布范围为2.1%至100%。所有研究都将性取向作为性身份的衡量标准（而非性行为、性吸引力）。19项研究专注于测量约会暴力行为。12项报告了女性和男性遭受暴力的情况，4项报告了女性和男性实施暴力及遭受暴力的情况，2项报告了女性实施暴力及遭受暴力的情况，2项仅报告了女性遭受暴力的情况。最常用的条目来自青少年风险行为调查（11项研究）和青少年约会关系冲突量表（3项研究）。两项研究评估了对约会暴力的认知和态度。所探讨的领域包括对强奸谬论的接受程度、受害者同理心、旁观者干预机会以及约会虐待知识。只有两个量表之前接受过系统的心理测量学评估。没有证据表明在性少数群体中进行了跨文化验证。迫切需要对性少数青年中的青少年约会暴力测量进行严谨的研究，研究人员应将其作为优先事项。
