Citation

Temple JR, Choi HJ, Brem MJ, Wolford-Clevenger C, Stuart GL, Peskin MF, Elmquist J. J. Youth Adolesc. 2015; 45(2): 340-349.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, 204 Austin Peay Bldg, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10964-015-0380-3

PMID

26525389

Abstract

While research has explored adolescents' use of technology to perpetrate dating violence, little is known about how traditional in-person and cyber abuse are linked, and no studies have examined their relationship over time. Using our sample of 780 diverse adolescents (58 % female), we found that traditional and cyber abuse were positively associated, and cyber abuse perpetration and victimization were correlated at each time point. Cyber abuse perpetration in the previous year (spring 2013) predicted cyber abuse perpetration 1 year later (spring 2014), while controlling for traditional abuse and demographic variables. In addition, physical violence victimization and cyber abuse perpetration and victimization predicted cyber abuse victimization the following year. These findings highlight the reciprocal nature of cyber abuse and suggest that victims may experience abuse in multiple contexts.

Language: en