Citation

Espelage DL, Leemis RW, Niolon PH, Kearns M, Basile KC, Davis JP. J. Res. Adolesc. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

University of Southern California.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jora.12510

PMID

31169951

Abstract

Protecting adolescents from the risk of teen dating violence (TDV) perpetration is critical to enhancing prevention efforts. This study examined longitudinal trajectories of four protective factors (i.e., empathy, social support, parental monitoring, and school belonging) across adolescence in relation to four TDV types (i.e., verbal, relational, physical, and sexual). Adolescents (n = 1,668) who reported being in a relationship or dating during high school completed self-report measures from middle through high school.

RESULTS indicated that all protective factors differentiated between TDV perpetrators and nonperpetrators, although these trajectories varied for boys and for girls and across the different types of TDV. Overall, youth who did not perpetrate TDV in high school generally displayed higher protective factors across the TDV perpetration types.

© 2019 Society for Research on Adolescence.

Language: en