TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - An explanatory model of dating violence risk factors in Spanish adolescents JO - Journal of research on adolescence A1 - Aizpitarte, Alazne A1 - Alonso-Arbiol, Itziar A1 - Van de Vijver, Fons J. R. SP - 797 EP - 809 VL - 27 IS - 4 N2 - Dating violence is a serious public health issue that needs further understanding in terms of risk factors that may be involved in it. The main goal of this study was to test a mediational model of dating violence risk factors. The sample was composed of 477 secondary and college students from Spain (59% females). A dynamic developmental explanatory model considering aggressiveness, insecure attachment, interparental conflict, and peer dating violence was tested using a multigroup structural equation model. Aggressiveness partially mediated the relation between anxious attachment and dating violence and fully mediated the association between interparental conflict resolution and dating violence. Furthermore, perceived peer dating violence was a direct predictor of dating violence. Implications for prevention and intervention plans are discussed.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 1050-8392 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jora.12315 ID - ref1 ER -