TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - The stability of intimate partner violence perpetration from adolescence to emerging adulthood in sexual minorities
JO  - Journal of Adolescent Health
A1  - Shorey, Ryan C.
A1  - Fite, Paula J.
A1  - Cohen, Joseph R.
A1  - Stuart, Gregory L.
A1  - Temple, Jeff R.
SP  - 747
EP  - 749
VL  - 62
IS  - 6
N2  - PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to examine the stability of physical and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration from adolescence to emerging adulthood among sexual minorities. <br><br>METHODS: Adolescents who identified as a sexual minority (N = 135; 71.1% female; mean age = 15.02, standard deviation=.77; 34.1% African-American/black, 26.7% white, 22.2% Hispanic) from southeast Texas were assessed annually for 6 years on their IPV perpetration. <br><br>RESULTS: Structural equation modeling demonstrated that physical IPV perpetration was modestly stable across years 1-4 (24.6%, 24.6%, 26.4%, and 21.6%, respectively), decreased in year 5 (18.6%), and increased in year 6 (24.5%). The stability of sexual IPV perpetration was high across all 6 years (14.3%, 13%, 14.9%, 10.8%, 12.4%, and 14.4%). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to examine the stability of IPV perpetration among sexual minority adolescents. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that the development of interventions for IPV among sexual minority adolescents is needed, as IPV is unlikely to desist from adolescence to emerging adulthood.<br><br>Copyright © 2017 The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1054-139X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.11.307
ID  - ref1
ER  -