The Interplay of Perceptions and Conflict Behaviors during Disagreements: A Daily Study of Physical Teen Dating Violence Perpetration

Physical dating violence (DV) is a widespread problem among adolescents. A growing body of literature demonstrates that physical DV often occurs during disagreements when partners use destructive conflict management strategies, such as conflict engagement (e.g., losing control, criticizing) or withdrawal (e.g., acting cold, being distant). However, little is known regarding how the individual daily variability on the use of destructive conflict management strategies can influence the probability of perpetrating day-to-day physical DV, especially if the other partner is also perceived as using destructive behaviors. Using an intensive longitudinal approach, the current study first aimed to examine the daily associations between the use of various conflict management strategies and physical DV perpetration in adolescent dating relationships. A second objective was to investigate if perceived partner’s conflict behaviors moderated the relation between self-reported conflict management strategies and day-to-day physical DV perpetration. A sample of 216 adolescents ( Mage = 17.03, SD = 1.49) involved in a dating relationship, completed a baseline assessment followed by 14 daily diaries. Results of multilevel logistic analyses revealed that using conflict engagement strategies significantly increased the probability of day-to-day physical DV perpetration. Furthermore, the probability of perpetrating physical DV was significantly higher on days in which teens reported using high levels of conflict engagement while also perceiving their partner as using high levels of conflict engagement or withdrawal. These findings yield new insights on the daily context in which disagreements might escalate into aggression. Evidence from this study further supports the conflict escalation pattern and the demand/withdraw communication pattern in the context of adolescent dating relationships. Preventive initiatives should address the interplay of perceptions and conflict behaviors concerning physical DV perpetration.

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Male Perpetration of Adolescent Dating Violence: A Scoping Review

American Journal of Men s Health ◽

10.1177/1557988320963600 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (5) ◽

pp. 155798832096360

Author(s):

Noreen Malhi ◽

John L. Oliffe ◽

Vicky Bungay ◽

Mary T. Kelly

Keyword(s):

Conflict Management ◽

Dating Violence ◽

Scoping Review ◽

Primary Care Providers ◽

The United States ◽

Adolescent Dating Violence ◽

Care Providers ◽

Male Adolescents ◽

Adolescent Dating ◽

Male Perpetration

Male violence against females most often occurs within intimate relationships, and when that occurs during youth, it is termed adolescent dating violence (ADV). A scoping review focused on male perpetration of ADV was conducted to synthesize existing evidence and offer insights about what influences male adolescents to perpetrate ADV. The current scoping review explored the findings drawn from 16 research studies conducted in the United States, Spain, South Africa, and Italy, to distil modifiable factors related to male perpetration of ADV. Three themes were extrapolated from the 16 studies: (a) entitlement; (b) adverse childhood experiences (ACE); and (c) ineffective conflict management. Entitlement as a theme was characterized by attitudes and beliefs aligning to violence, hierarchical and marginalizing masculine norms, traditional gender roles, and male superiority, which in various configurations influenced the perpetration of ADV. ACE as a theme highlighted how male adolescents who had experienced, observed, and/or initiated abuse were at increased risk of perpetrating ADV. Male adolescents with ineffective conflict management (theme 3), including alcohol use and/or emotional dysregulation, were also at higher risk of perpetrating ADV. Tailored prevention efforts are often delinked from issues of male entitlement, ACE, and ineffective conflict management; therefore, we make suggestions for trauma-informed care to guide primary care providers (PCPs) in the assessment and management of ADV.

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Professional Help-Seeking for Adolescent Dating Violence in the Rural South: The Role of Social Support and Informal Help-Seeking

Violence Against Women ◽

10.1177/1077801216662342 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 23 (12) ◽

pp. 1442-1461 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Jasmine M. Hedge ◽

Natallia Sianko ◽

James R. McDonell

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Dating Violence ◽

Help Seeking ◽

Perceived Social Support ◽

Teen Dating Violence ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Adolescent Dating Violence ◽

Professional Help ◽

Adolescent Dating ◽

Informal Help

Structural equation modeling with three waves of data was used to assess a mediation model investigating the relationship between perceived social support, informal help-seeking intentions, and professional help-seeking intentions in the context of adolescent dating violence. The sample included 589 adolescents from a rural, southern county who participated in a longitudinal study of teen dating violence victimization and perpetration. Results suggest that informal help-seeking intentions are an important link between perceived social support and professional help-seeking intentions. Findings highlight the importance of informal help-seeking and informal help-giving in fostering professional help-seeking for adolescent victims and perpetrators of dating violence.

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What Role Do Peers Play in Adolescent Dating? Insights From Adolescents With a History of Dating Violence

Violence Against Women ◽

10.1177/1077801216638769 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 178-201 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Charlene K. Baker

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Focus Groups ◽

Dating Violence ◽

Dating Relationships ◽

Relationship Problems ◽

Adolescent Relationships ◽

Adolescent Dating ◽

History Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

Prior Relationship

Prior research suggests that peers are important to adolescent dating experiences. However, questions remain about the role peers play in adolescent relationships, including dating violence. To fill this gap, eight sex-specific focus groups were conducted with 39 high school–aged teens, all of whom had experienced prior relationship problems. Participants described how peers helped them initiate dating relationships, but once in the relationship, peers would spread rumors and create dramas that led to jealousy, discord, and violence between the couple. Prevention programs should focus on cultivating peers as helpful bystanders and counteracting peer actions that lead to dating violence.

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Understanding and contextualizing teen dating violence

Escola Anna Nery ◽

10.1590/2177-9465-ean-2018-0349 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Maria das Graças Carvalho Ferriani ◽

Ana Beatriz Campeiz ◽

José Eurípedes Martins ◽

Ailton de Souza Aragão ◽

Eliana Mendes de Souza Teixeira Roque ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Social Networks ◽

Dating Violence ◽

Intimate Relationships ◽

Romantic Love ◽

Teen Dating Violence ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Dating Relationships ◽

The Family ◽

Teen Dating

Abstract Objective: To describe and analyze teen dating violence with adolescents of a public school in a city in the state of São Paulo. Method: Qualitative research, anchored by the Paradigm of Complexity. Data collection was carried out with 16 students of the 11st year of high school, through focus groups and semi-structured interviews. Data analysis was based on the thematic modality. Results: There emerged three themes, which made it possible to understand that the myth of romantic love has still present in intimate relationships; as an aspect of these myths, jealousy is revealed as inherent in relationships, while time triggering teen dating violence at the same. Digital social networks have been throughout this process; the family and the school emerge as contexts that expose adolescents to vulnerability, including the experience of other violence manifestations. Conclusion and implications for practice: Multidimensional, retroactive and interdependent nature of the aspects related to teen dating violence were identified. Promotion of healthy dating relationships from the deconstruction of romantic love myths; safe use of virtual social networks by adolescents; actions to promote healthy parenting and articulation of health-school-family, with the empowerment of these spaces as factors to protect violence involving adolescents are necessary.

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Measuring adolescent dating violence: Development of ‘conflict in adolescent dating relationships inventory’ short form

Advances in Mental Health ◽

10.5172/jamh.2012.11.1.35 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 35-54 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Liria Fernández-González ◽

Christine Wekerle ◽

Abby L Goldstein

Keyword(s):

Dating Violence ◽

Short Form ◽

Adolescent Dating Violence ◽

Dating Relationships ◽

Adolescent Dating

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KECEMBURUAN DAN PERILAKU DATING VIOLENCE PADA REMAJA AKHIR

Proyeksi ◽

10.30659/jp.14.2.115-125 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 115

Author(s):

Putri Mawadhatul Fajri ◽

Haiyun Nisa

Keyword(s):

Dating Violence ◽

Dating Relationships ◽

Adolescent Dating

Pada masa remaja, �setiap individu akan menghadapi berbagai dinamika dalam tugas perkembangannya, seperti �adalah adanya ketertarikan untuk menjalin dan memiliki �hubungan khusus dengan lawan jenis. Hubungan tersebut terkadang dipengaruhi oleh rasa cemburu sehingga menyebabkan terjadinya tindakan kekerasan. Penelitian ini memiliki tujuan �untuk mengetahui bagaimana �kecemburuan yang dimiliki oleh remaja akhir dapat �memberikan pengaruh terhadap �munculnya perilaku dating violence. �Adapun metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kuantitatif dengan� teknik kuota sampling. Responden yang terlibat sebagai responden �berjumlah �138 orang remaja akhir yang berpacaran. �Instrumen penelitian yang digunakan mengacu pada� �Multidimensional Jealousy Scale (MJS) yang disusun oleh Pfeiffer dan Wong (1989) dan �Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory (CADRI) yang disusun oleh Wolfe, dkk (2001). Analisis data pada penelitian ini �menunjukkan �bahwa kecemburuan memiliki hubungan terhadap munculnya bentuk �perilaku yang berupa �dating violence pada remaja akhir, �yang menunjukkan bahwa perilaku kekerasan yang dilakukan kerap disebabkan oleh rasa cemburu yang dimiliki antara satu orang terhadap pasangannya.

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Parental Style, Dating Violence and Gender

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16152722 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (15) ◽

pp. 2722 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Muñiz-Rivas ◽

Vera ◽

Povedano-Díaz

Keyword(s):

Dating Violence ◽

Parenting Style ◽

Parenting Styles ◽

Teen Dating Violence ◽

Child Rearing ◽

Dating Relationships ◽

Adolescent Relationships ◽

Teen Dating ◽

And Gender ◽

And Control

The relationship between parenting styles and teen dating violence has become a relevant research topic in recent years, especially related to violence inflicted online. To more fully understand this relationship, the objective of the present study was to examine which parenting style (authoritarian, indulgent, authoritative, or neglectful) best protects against dating violence in adolescent relationships. A total of 1132 adolescents of both sexes participated in this study (46.4% boys and 53.6% girls), with ages between 14 and 18 years old (M = 15.6, SD = 1.3). A multivariate factorial design was applied (MANOVA, 4 × 2), using the parenting style, the parents’ gender, and the adolescents’ gender as independent variables, and the dating violence dimensions (online and offline) as dependent variables. As the results show, the lowest scores on all the dating violence dimensions examined were obtained by adolescents from indulgent families. In addition, three interaction effects were observed between the mother’s parenting style and the adolescent’s gender on online violence (e-violence and control), and the father’s parenting style on offline violence (verbal-emotional). Thus, adolescents with authoritarian mothers obtained the highest scores on violence and control inflicted online, respectively, and adolescent girls with authoritarian fathers obtained the highest scores on verbal-emotional violence. These findings suggest that the indulgent style is the parenting style that protects against violence in teen dating relationships, and they also highlight the risks of the authoritarian style as a family child-rearing model.

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Disparities in Adolescent Dating Violence and Associated Internalizing and Externalizing Mental Health Symptoms by Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/0886260521997944 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 088626052199794

Author(s):

Rebecca L. Fix ◽

Nancy Nava ◽

Rebecca Rodriguez

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Sexual Orientation ◽

Dating Violence ◽

Risky Sexual Behavior ◽

Pacific Islander ◽

Teen Dating Violence ◽

Adolescent Dating Violence ◽

Adolescent Dating ◽

Race Ethnicity ◽

Teen Dating

The current study examined the prevalence and mental health associated with physical and sexual dating violence among adolescents using an intersectional analysis. Data were obtained from 88,219 adolescents in the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey. Gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and experiences with teen dating violence were measured for each youth. Tested two- and three-way interactions demonstrate varied outcomes by social identification and emphasize the need for an intersectional approach in dating violence research. Adolescent dating violence was most prevalent among girls (10% physical, 13% sexual); adolescents were sracially identified as Native North American (13% physical, 10% sexual), Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (12% physical, 14% sexual), or multiracial (11% physical, 12% sexual), and lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning their sexual orientation (LGBQ) adolescents (19% physical, 20% sexual). The intersectional groups with the highest rates of physical and sexual dating violence included Latinx GBQ boys (26% physical, 26% sexual) and Hawaiian/Pacific Islander GBQ boys (29% physical, 32% sexual). Among girls, highest rates were observed among Hawaiian/Pacific Islander LBQ (24% physical, 23% sexual). Externalizing symptoms associated with physical dating violence were most robust for risky sexual behavior (OR = 4.0), followed by physical fighting (OR = 3.0), and weapon carrying (OR = 2.5); they were also associated with sexual dating violence (ORs = 1.9-2.2). Internalizing symptoms were comparably associated with both types of dating violence (ORs = 2.6-2.9 physical and ORs = 2.4-2.8 sexual). Findings suggest first that an intersectional approach is especially informative in teen dating violence prevention and intervention and second that teen dating violence interventions and prevention programming should use a trauma-informed, gender-responsive, culturally sensitive, and LGBQ inclusive approach.

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