Texas A&M University, USA.
Michigan State University, USA.
Child Abuse Negl. 2024 Oct;156:107016. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107016. Epub 2024 Aug 31.
Prior studies have shown that marijuana use is often associated with physical teen dating violence. However, few studies have examined the longitudinal mediating effects of associating with antisocial peers and impulsivity on this relationship. Also, few studies have estimated the cascading developmental impact of marijuana use and antisocial peer association, predicting the continued marijuana use and antisocial peer associations while considering the risk of impulsivity in physical teen dating violence. Thus, the current study utilized the problem behavior theory and an alternative path to physical dating violence to address these limitations.
The current study tested the longitudinal effects of marijuana use on physical teen dating violence and the indirect effects of antisocial peer association and impulsivity on this relationship (M = 12.29); 52.1 % of males and 47.9 % of females participated.
Adolescents completed questionnaires at baseline and were assessed six months later (n = 836). Generalized structural equation modeling (GSEM) and cross-lagged mediation models were used first to analyze the direct effect of lifetime marijuana use on physical dating violence and antisocial peer association and impulsivity as potential mediators of this relationship. Then, the cross-lagged mediation models were used to estimate the alternative path to physical teen dating violence using lifetime marijuana use and antisocial peer association as predictors at baseline and continued antisocial peer association, marijuana use, and impulsivity at the subsequent wave as mediators.
Results suggested that marijuana use at baseline was not positively associated with physical teen dating violence over time. The association with antisocial peers but not impulsivity mediated the relationship between marijuana use and physical dating violence. Cross-lagged mediation results suggested that marijuana use at baseline positively predicted antisocial peer association in the subsequent wave, which led to an increase in physical teen dating violence. Further, antisocial peer association at baseline is positively associated with continued antisocial peer association at the subsequent wave; thus, antisocial peer association is positively related to physical teen dating violence when controlling for depressive symptoms, family support, number of dates, and parental monitoring.
These results suggest though marijuana use alone is not statistically associated with physical teen dating violence, it does increase the risk of antisocial social peer associations that could increase adolescents' likelihood to engage in physical teen dating violence. Further, the onset of antisocial peer association could persist over time, thus serving as a risk factor for physical teen dating violence over time.
先前的研究表明，大麻的使用通常与青少年身体约会暴力有关。然而，很少有研究检验与反社会同伴交往和冲动性相关的纵向中介效应对这种关系的影响。此外，很少有研究估计大麻使用和反社会同伴交往的级联发展影响，同时考虑到身体青少年约会暴力中冲动的风险，预测持续的大麻使用和反社会同伴交往。因此，本研究利用问题行为理论和身体约会暴力的另一种途径来解决这些局限性。
本研究测试了大麻使用对青少年身体约会暴力的纵向影响，以及反社会同伴交往和冲动性对这种关系的间接影响（M=12.29）；52.1%的男性和 47.9%的女性参与了研究。
青少年在基线时完成问卷，并在六个月后进行评估（n=836）。首先使用广义结构方程模型（GSEM）和交叉滞后中介模型来分析终身大麻使用对身体约会暴力的直接影响，以及反社会同伴交往和冲动性作为这种关系的潜在中介因素。然后，使用交叉滞后中介模型来估计使用终身大麻使用和反社会同伴交往作为基线预测因素以及随后的波次中持续的反社会同伴交往、大麻使用和冲动性作为中介因素的身体青少年约会暴力的替代途径。
结果表明，基线时的大麻使用与青少年身体约会暴力之间没有随着时间的推移呈正相关。与反社会同伴的关系而不是冲动性中介了大麻使用与身体约会暴力之间的关系。交叉滞后中介结果表明，基线时的大麻使用正向预测了后续波次中的反社会同伴交往，从而增加了青少年身体约会暴力的发生率。此外，基线时的反社会同伴交往与后续波次中持续的反社会同伴交往呈正相关；因此，在控制抑郁症状、家庭支持、约会次数和父母监督的情况下，反社会同伴交往与青少年身体约会暴力呈正相关。
这些结果表明，虽然大麻使用本身与青少年身体约会暴力没有统计学上的关联，但它确实增加了反社会同伴交往的风险，从而增加了青少年参与身体青少年约会暴力的可能性。此外，反社会同伴交往的发生可能会随着时间的推移而持续存在，从而成为青少年身体约会暴力的一个时间相关的危险因素。
