Foshee V A, Linder G F, Bauman K E, Langwick S A, Arriaga X B, Heath J L, McMahon P M, Bangdiwala S
Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599-7400, USA.
Am J Prev Med. 1996 Sep-Oct;12(5 Suppl):39-47.
Approximately 20% of adolescents have experienced violence from a dating partner. The Safe Dates Project tests the effects of a program on the primary and secondary prevention of dating violence among adolescents living in a rural North Carolina county. The program being evaluated aims to prevent dating violence by changing dating violence norms, gender stereotyping, conflict-management skills, help-seeking, and cognitive factors associated with help-seeking. School activities include a theater production, a 10-session curriculum, and a poster contest. Community activities include special services for adolescents in violent relationships and community service provider training. A pretest-posttest experimental design with random allocation of 14 schools to treatment condition was used to test study hypotheses. Data were collected in schools using self-administered questionnaires. Eighty-one percent (n = 1,967) of the eighth- and ninth-graders in the county completed baseline questionnaires, and 91% of those adolescents completed follow-up questionnaires. The sample is 75.9% Caucasian and 50.4% female. Baseline data indicate that 25.4% and 8.0% of this sample have been victims of nonsexual and sexual dating violence, respectively, and 14.0% and 2.0% have been perpetrators of nonsexual and sexual dating violence, respectively. Consistent with other adolescent dating violence studies, both boys and girls report being victims and perpetrators of dating violence. Control and treatment groups are similar at baseline on all demographic, mediating, and outcome variables. Findings suggest that dating violence is prevalent among adolescents and that prevention programs are warranted.
约20%的青少年曾遭受来自约会伴侣的暴力。“安全约会项目”测试了一项计划对北卡罗来纳州一个乡村县青少年约会暴力的一级和二级预防效果。正在评估的该计划旨在通过改变约会暴力规范、性别刻板印象、冲突管理技能、求助行为以及与求助相关的认知因素来预防约会暴力。学校活动包括一场戏剧演出、一个为期10节的课程以及一场海报比赛。社区活动包括为处于暴力关系中的青少年提供特殊服务以及对社区服务提供者进行培训。采用将14所学校随机分配到治疗组的前测-后测实验设计来检验研究假设。在学校使用自填式问卷收集数据。该县81%（n = 1967）的八年级和九年级学生完成了基线问卷，其中91%的青少年完成了后续问卷。样本中75.9%为白种人，50.4%为女性。基线数据表明，该样本中分别有25.4%和8.0%的人曾是非性和性约会暴力的受害者，分别有14.0%和2.0%的人曾是非性和性约会暴力的施暴者。与其他青少年约会暴力研究一致，男孩和女孩都报告自己既是约会暴力的受害者也是施暴者。在所有人口统计学、中介和结果变量方面，对照组和治疗组在基线时相似。研究结果表明约会暴力在青少年中很普遍，预防计划是有必要的。
