TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Dating violence among urban, minority, middle school youth and associated sexual risk behaviors and substance use
JO  - Journal of school health
A1  - Lormand, Donna K.
A1  - Markham, Christine M.
A1  - Peskin, Melissa F.
A1  - Byrd, Theresa L.
A1  - Addy, Robert C.
A1  - Baumler, Elizabeth
A1  - Tortolero, Susan R.
SP  - 415
EP  - 421
VL  - 83
IS  - 6
N2  - BACKGROUND: Whereas dating violence among high school students has been linked with sexual risk-taking and substance use, this association has been understudied among early adolescents. We estimated the prevalence of physical and nonphysical dating violence in a sample of middle school students and examined associations between dating violence, sexual, and substance use behaviors. METHODS: Logistic regression models for clustered data from 7th grade students attending 10 Texas urban middle schools were used to examine cross-sectional associations between dating violence victimization and risk behaviors. RESULTS: The sample (N = 950) was 48.5% African American, 36.0% Hispanic, 55.7% female, mean age 13.1 years (SD 0.64). About 1 in 5 reported physical dating violence victimization, 48.1% reported nonphysical victimization, and 52.6% reported any victimization. Adjusted logistic regression analyses indicated that physical, nonphysical, and any victimization was associated with ever having sex, ever using alcohol, and ever using drugs. CONCLUSIONS: Over 50% of sampled middle school students had experienced dating violence, which may be associated with early sexual initiation and substance use. Middle school interventions that prevent dating violence are needed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-4391
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/josh.12045
ID  - ref1
ER  -