Russell Katie N, Voith Laura A
School of Social Work, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Children (Basel). 2025 May 13;12(5):628. doi: 10.3390/children12050628.
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Adolescent dating violence (ADV) is a serious public health concern affecting youth worldwide. Potential risk factors of ADV include child maltreatment (CM) and intimate partner violence exposure (eIPV), though existing research on ADV perpetration specifically is inconsistent. There is limited research on co-occurring eIPV and CM, despite co-occurrence in 30-60% of homes where there is one. This study aims to address these gaps by testing the impact of childhood violence exposure on ADV perpetration and assessing two potential, theory-informed mitigating factors-mental health and parent-youth relationship.
This study utilizes moderated-mediation structural equation modeling with longitudinal data from a sample of 2354 U.S. adolescents (10-18) and one of their caregivers. Three models were tested: (1) childhood violence exposure (eIPV only, CM only, or co-occurring CM & EIPV) and ADV perpetration; (2) mediation by mental health quality on model 1; and (3) overall moderation by parent-youth relationship quality on model 2.
The final sample consisted of 961 youth with a history of dating. A significant direct effect between eIPV and ADV perpetration was found. There was a significant direct effect between co-occurrence (eIPV & CM) and ADV perpetration, which was mediated by mental health quality.
This study further emphasizes the relation between eIPV and ADV and provides novel evidence of the impact co-occurrence has on ADV. Evidence of a trauma-informed mitigating factor, mental health quality, offers a potential point of intervention to be considered by mental health providers and ADV prevention/intervention programs.
背景/目的：青少年约会暴力（ADV）是一个严重的公共卫生问题，影响着全球的青少年。ADV的潜在风险因素包括儿童虐待（CM）和亲密伴侣暴力暴露（eIPV），尽管现有关于ADV实施的研究结果并不一致。关于eIPV和CM同时存在的研究有限，尽管在30%-60%存在其中一种情况的家庭中二者会同时出现。本研究旨在通过测试童年暴力暴露对ADV实施的影响，并评估两个潜在的、基于理论的缓和因素——心理健康和亲子关系，来填补这些空白。
本研究利用有调节的中介结构方程模型，对来自2354名美国青少年（10-18岁）及其一名照顾者的纵向数据进行分析。测试了三个模型：（1）童年暴力暴露（仅eIPV、仅CM或CM与eIPV同时存在）与ADV实施；（2）模型1中心理健康质量的中介作用；（3）模型2中亲子关系质量的总体调节作用。
最终样本包括961名有约会经历的青少年。发现eIPV与ADV实施之间存在显著的直接效应。同时存在（eIPV与CM）与ADV实施之间存在显著的直接效应，且由心理健康质量介导。
本研究进一步强调了eIPV与ADV之间的关系，并提供了二者同时出现对ADV影响的新证据。创伤知情缓和因素——心理健康质量的证据，为心理健康提供者和ADV预防/干预项目提供了一个潜在的干预点以供考虑。
