Wolfe D A, Wekerle C, Reitzel-Jaffe D, Lefebvre L
Dept. of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Dev Psychopathol. 1998 Winter;10(1):61-85. doi: 10.1017/s0954579498001345.
This study sought to understand how experiences of maltreatment occurring prior to 12 years of age affect adolescent peer and dating relationships. A school-based sample of 15-year-olds was divided into maltreated (n = 132) and nonmaltreated (n = 227) subgroups based on self-reported maltreatment. These two groups were then compared on two theoretically determined dimensions of adjustment (i.e., interpersonal sensitivity/hostility; personal resourceS) and self- and teacher-report measures of peer and dating relationships. Findings supported the hypothesis that maltreated youths significantly differed from nonmaltreated youths in terms of adjustment problems as well as conflict with dating partners and close friends. Maltreated youths reported significantly more verbal and physical abuse both toward and by their dating partners, and were seen by teachers as engaging in more acts of aggression and harassment toward others. In regression analyses, the significant association between maltreatment and dating conflict for males was strengthened by including adjustment dimensions in the equation; for females, adjustment variables mediated the association between maltreatment and dating conflict. Results are discussed in relation to a maladaptive interpersonal trajectory for maltreated children, wherein a violent interactional dynamic in adolescent close relationships may be setting the stage for violence in intimate partnerships.
本研究旨在了解12岁之前遭受虐待的经历如何影响青少年的同伴关系和恋爱关系。以学校为基础，选取了15岁的学生作为样本，根据自我报告的虐待情况将其分为受虐待组（n = 132）和未受虐待组（n = 227）。然后，对这两组在两个理论上确定的适应维度（即人际敏感性/敌意；个人资源）以及同伴关系和恋爱关系的自我报告与教师报告测量方面进行比较。研究结果支持了这一假设，即受虐待的青少年在适应问题以及与恋爱伴侣和亲密朋友的冲突方面与未受虐待的青少年存在显著差异。受虐待的青少年报告称，他们在与恋爱伴侣的交往中遭受的言语和身体虐待以及施予恋爱伴侣的言语和身体虐待都明显更多，并且教师认为他们对他人有更多的攻击和骚扰行为。在回归分析中，对于男性而言，将适应维度纳入方程后，虐待与恋爱冲突之间的显著关联得到了加强；对于女性而言，适应变量介导了虐待与恋爱冲突之间的关联。研究结果结合受虐待儿童的适应不良人际轨迹进行了讨论，其中青少年亲密关系中的暴力互动动态可能为亲密伴侣关系中的暴力行为奠定了基础。
