Teen Dating Violence Victimization: Associations Among Peer Justification, Attitudes Toward Gender Inequality, Sexual Activity, and Peer Victimization | Zendy

Kristen Hunt | Zendy; Luz E. Robinson | Zendy; Alberto Valido | Zendy; Dorothy L. Espelage | Zendy; Jun Sung Hong | Zendy

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Teen Dating Violence Victimization: Associations Among Peer Justification, Attitudes Toward Gender Inequality, Sexual Activity, and Peer Victimization

Author(s) -

Kristen Hunt,

Luz E. Robinson,

Alberto Valido,

Dorothy L. Espelage,

Jun Sung Hong

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

journal of interpersonal violence

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887

H-Index - 105

eISSN - 1552-6518

pISSN - 0886-2605

DOI - 10.1177/08862605221085015

Subject(s) - peer victimization , psychology , human factors and ergonomics , inequality , poison control , suicide prevention , dating violence , injury prevention , sexual violence , gender inequality , occupational safety and health , peer group , peer relations , social psychology , developmental psychology , criminology , domestic violence , medical emergency , medicine , mathematical analysis , mathematics , pathology

The current study, grounded in a social learning theoretical framework, examined attitudes and behaviors associated with verbal and physical teen dating violence (TDV) victimization. Because TDV varies by gender in both frequency and severity, these associations were examined first within the overall sample, and then by gender to further investigate these differences. A total of 1,884 adolescents (49.2% boys; 50.8% girls; average age 14.79 years; SD = .58) who reported ever dating someone were included in the analysis. Specifically, peers’ justification of TDV, attitudes supporting gender inequality, sexual activity, and peer victimization were included to determine their cross-sectional association with verbal and physical TDV victimization. Data were analyzed separately for boys and girls. Results indicated that peers’ justification of TDV, peer victimization, sexual activity, and attitudes supporting gender inequality were each associated with higher physical and verbal TDV victimization for girls and boys. Most of these factors remained significant when separated by gender, except for sexual activity and attitudes supporting gender inequality, which were not associated with physical TDV victimization for boys and girls, respectively. Implications for practice and research are discussed.

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