@article{ref1,
title="Predicting abuse in adolescent dating relationships over 1 year: the role of child maltreatment and trauma",
journal="Journal of abnormal psychology",
year="2004",
author="Wolfe, David A. and Wekerle, Christine and Scott, Kate and Straatman, Anna-Lee and Grasley, Carolyn",
volume="113",
number="3",
pages="406-415",
abstract="Three mediators of the relationship between childhood maltreatment and dating violence perpetration during midadolescence (i.e., trauma-related symptoms, attitudes justifying dating violence, and empathy and self-efficacy in dating relationships) were tested over 1 year with a sample of students from 10 high schools (N = 1,317). Trauma-related symptoms had a significant cross-time effect on predicting incidents of dating violence for both boys and girls. Attitudes and empathy and self-efficacy did not predict dating violence over time, although they were correlated with such behavior at both time points. Child maltreatment is a distal risk factor for adolescent dating violence, and trauma-related symptoms act as a significant mediator of this relationship. The importance of longitudinal methodology that separates correlates from predictors is discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-843X",
doi="10.1037/0021-843X.113.3.406",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.113.3.406"
}