Citation

Rayburn NR, Jaycox LH, McCaffrey DF, Ulloa EC, Zander-Cotugno M, Marshall GN, Shelley GA. J. Adolesc. 2007; 30(6): 893-915.

Affiliation

RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90407, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.adolescence.2006.11.005

PMID

17222900

Abstract

Dating violence is a serious problem among adolescents and young adults. Understanding teens' reactions to dating violence offers the potential to understand the factors that lead to perpetration of violent behavior and to elucidate prevention strategies. Knowledge concerning youth attitudes about dating violence is limited, and has largely come from self-report questionnaires to date. We utilized the Articulated Thoughts in Simulated Situations (ATSS) paradigm to assessing Latino teens' reactions to dating violence. Forty-one 9th grade students were presented with four simulated dating violence scenarios, and articulated their thoughts in response to them. Teens' reactions to dating violence differed on a variety of dimensions as a function of their gender, the gender of the perpetrator, and familiarity with the perpetrator.

Language: en