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VioLit summary
OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this study by Roscoe and Kelsey was to examine the occurrence of dating violence among high school students.
METHODOLOGY:
A quasi-experimental design was employed using a non-probability sample of 77 students (45 males and 32 females) who were between 16 and 19 years old. The students were unmarried and at a 12th grade level in a parochial high school that was predominantly white and middle class. Primary data was obtained by means of a questionnaire (modification of instrument by Cate, et.al., 1982). The questionnaire was distributed and completed in classrooms.
FINDINGS/DISCUSSION:
Results indicated that 65% of the surveyed students knew someone who had been involved in a physically violent dating relationship. 97% of the student respondents stated that they had been involved in a dating relationship in the past or present, and 19% of this group indicated they had experienced violence in a dating relationship (60% females and 30% males). 11% of the respondents admitted they had been violent in a dating relationship, but in these cases the respondent indicated that both partners acted violently. Of the group who had expereinced dating violence, 67% indicated that violence was caused by jealousy; 27% stated it was a result of alcohol use; 20% indicated it was a result of sexual denial; 20% said drug use was a cause; 20% said it was caused by friends; and, 7% stated parents were a cause. The violence was interpreted as being a result of anger, sadness, love and confusion. Violence most frequently occurred in residences. The violence was also reported by the respondents as occurring in casual relationships which were not long lasting. The author stated that these results are consistent with previous studies on adolescent dating violence, and that high school dating relationship violence has similar causes, consequences, types, and location of occurrence to college dating violence and spouse abuse.
AUTHORS' RECOMMENDATIONS:
Due to the prospect that high school students may be developing patterns of dating and relational behavior that persist into adulthood and marriage, the authors suggest that further research is needed to fully understand how violence begins and why it continues. (CSPV Abstract - Copyright © 1992-2007 by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, Regents of the University of Colorado)
KW - Dating Violence Offender
KW - Dating Violence Victim
KW - Juvenile Female
KW - Juvenile Male
KW - Juvenile Dating Violence
KW - Juvenile Offender
KW - Juvenile Victim
KW - Juvenile Violence
KW - Senior High School Student
KW - Late Adolescence
KW - Dating Violence Causes
KW - Dating Violence Perceptions
KW - Juvenile Perceptions
KW - Female Perceptions
KW - Male Perceptions
KW - Offender Perceptions
KW - Victim Perceptions
KW - Partner Violence
KW - Violence Against Women |