@article{ref1,
title="Adolescent exposure to violence and intimate-partner violence mediated by mental distress",
journal="Journal of applied developmental psychology",
year="2021",
author="Heinze, Justin E. and Hsieh, Hsing-Fang and Thulin, Elyse and Howe, Kathleen and Miller, Alison L. and Zimmerman, Marc A.",
volume="72",
number="",
pages="e101215-e101215",
abstract="Adolescent exposure to violence (ETV) is associated with multiple negative health outcomes. Despite evidence linking adolescent ETV with later experiences of  physical, sexual and psychological intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization,  more longitudinal evidence is needed, and potential explanatory mechanisms should be  tested. We examine data collected over 17 years to analyze the mediating effects of  mental distress and substance use on the association between cumulative ETV in  adolescence and IPV in adulthood. Adolescent (M (ages)=15-18 years) ETV was  associated with IPV outcomes in adulthood (M (age)=32 years). In parallel mediation  models, mental distress in emerging adulthood (M (ages)=20-23 years) fully mediated  the effect of adolescent ETV on later IPV outcomes. Although substance use predicted  experience of IPV, it did not mediate the association between ETV and IPV. These  findings have implications for understanding trajectories of risk following violence  exposure and inform intervention work through identifying developmental periods  where ETV contributes to later IPV victimization.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0193-3973",
doi="10.1016/j.appdev.2020.101215",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2020.101215"
}