scholarly journals School Violence towards Peers and Teen Dating Violence: The Mediating Role of Personal Distress

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 310
Author(s):  
Sonsoles Valdivia-Salas ◽  
Teresa I. Jiménez ◽  
Andrés S. Lombas ◽  
Ginesa López-Crespo
Keyword(s):  
School Violence ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Empirical Relationship ◽  
Teen Dating Violence ◽  
Personal Distress ◽  
Teen Dating

School violence towards peers and teen dating violence are two of the most relevant behaviour problems in adolescents. Although the relationship between the two types of violence is well established in the literature, few studies have focused on mediators that could explain this empirical relationship. We departed from the evidence that relates anger, emotional distress and impaired empathy to teen dating violence and juvenile sexual offending, to explore the role of personal distress, i.e., a self-focused, aversive affective reaction to another’s emotion associated with the desire to alleviate one’s own, but not the other’s distress; as a possible mechanism linking school violence towards peers and teen dating violence in a sample of Spanish adolescents. We also explored the prevalence of emotional and physical teen dating violence, both occasional and frequent, and the differences between boys and girls. A total of 1055 adolescents (49.2% boys and 50.8% girls) aged between 11 and 17 years (M = 14.06, SD = 1.34) who had had at least one romantic relationship within the last year, completed measures of school violence towards peers, teen dating violence, and personal distress. Statistical analyses revealed that occasional and frequent teen dating violence (both physical and emotional) was more frequent in girls than in boys, and that personal distress functioned as a partial mediator, with an overall model fit higher for boys than girls: in boys, partial mediation occurred for both physical and emotional teen dating violence; in girls, partial mediation occurred only for physical violence. The interpretation of the results is tentative given the novel nature of the study, and points to the evidence of the emotional costs of school violence and the importance of emotion and behavior regulation to undermine the social costs of personal distress.

Psychological Functioning Among Latino Victims of Teen Dating Violence: The Role of Relational and Collective Resources

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110440
Author(s):  
Chiara Sabina ◽  
E. Susana Marsical ◽  
Carlos A. Cuevas
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Psychological Functioning ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
School Connectedness ◽  
Teen Dating Violence ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Teen Dating ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined whether the relationship between teen dating violence (DV) and psychological functioning (depression, anxiety, and hostility) varied as a function of relational and collective resources (social support, familism, and school connectedness) among Latino teen victims of DV. Data came from a subset of youth who experienced DV ( n = 95) from the Dating Violence Among Latinos Adolescents Study, a national survey of Latino teens aged 12-18 years old. Multivariate regression models showed that school connectedness was associated with lower depression and anxiety for DV victims. Additionally, five interactions were significant across depression, anxiety, and hostility: Three following a pattern of protective-enhancing (DV × School connectedness for depression and anxiety; DV × Social support for anxiety) and two following a pattern of vulnerability-reactive (DV × Familism for anxiety and hostility). School connectedness is an important protective factor for Latino teen victims of DV and one that can inform intervention efforts. Latino victims of DV benefit from high levels of school connectedness and social support, especially when DV is high. At high levels of DV familism is associated with a worsening of mental health. It is important to understand the nuances of how these resources work at varying levels of DV for intervention and prevention purposes.

Profiles of Teen Dating Violence and Association With Depression Among Chinese Teens

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052091857
Author(s):  
Shih-Ying Cheng ◽  
April Chiung-Tao Shen ◽  
Melissa Jonson-Reid
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Teen Dating Violence ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Controlling Behavior ◽  
Teen Dating ◽  
Best Fit

Teen dating violence (TDV) is a major global public health concern. Few studies, however, have examined profiles of TDV in Chinese societies and how these profiles might be associated with teens’ mental health. The current study analyzed a sample of 891 middle and high school students with dating experience in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. Latent class analysis (LCA) and multinomial logit regression analysis were performed in an attempt to identify profiles of TDV and then investigate possible associations between class membership and self-reported depression. The results of LCA suggested that a four-class model was the best fit for the data: Severe/Multi-Type TDV (5.51%), Controlling Behavior (13.08%), Non/Low TDV (64.50%), and Physical Violence (16.91%). The best-fit model suggested bidirectionality, meaning among teen partners in an abusive relationship, both tended to participate in violent acts and controlling behaviors. The results of the multinomial regression showed that, compared with the Non/Low TDV class, teens in the Severe/Multi-Type TDV class or Controlling Behavior class had greater odds of screening positive for depression. There was no significant difference in the risk of depression between the Physical Violence class and the Non/Low TDV class. Implications for future research and practice are also discussed herein.

The Mediating Role of Trauma Symptoms in the Association between Past and Future Teen Dating Violence Victimization

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin Rancher ◽  
Ernest N. Jouriles ◽  
David Rosenfield ◽  
Jeff R. Temple ◽  
Renee McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Dating Violence ◽  
Teen Dating Violence ◽  
Trauma Symptoms ◽  
Violence Victimization ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Teen Dating

Bullying and HIV Risk Among High School Teenagers: The Mediating Role of Teen Dating Violence

2017 ◽  
Vol 87 (10) ◽  
pp. 743-750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moses Okumu ◽  
Cecilia Mengo ◽  
Bernadette Ombayo ◽  
Eusebius Small
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Teen Dating Violence ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Teen Dating

Seeking Help From Formal Sources Among Teen Dating Violence Victims: Exploring the Role of Incident and Victim Characteristics

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-423
Author(s):  
Hasan Buker ◽  
Chrystina Y. Hoffman ◽  
Quan Tran
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Teen Dating Violence ◽  
Seeking Help ◽  
Teen Dating ◽  
Victimization Experience ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

Most teen dating violence (TDV) victims do not seek help after their victimization experience. While research has identified that victims are more likely to turn to informal versus formal sources, there is a lack of knowledge about what factors are predictive of help-seeking from formal sources. The current study explored the impact of incident and victim characteristics on help-seeking from formal sources among middle and high school TDV victims (N = 2,174). Findings indicate that the severity and location of the victimization significantly increase the likelihood of help-seeking from formal sources.

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