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Teen Dating Violence Perpetration: Protective Factor Trajectories from Middle to High School among Adolescents
Author(s) -
Espelage Dorothy L.,
Leemis Ruth W.,
Niolon Phyllis Holditch,
Kearns Megan,
Basile Kathleen C.,
Davis Jordan P.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/jora.12510
Subject(s) - psychology , empathy , developmental psychology , dating violence , longitudinal study , clinical psychology , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , social psychology , domestic violence , medicine , medical emergency , pathology
Protecting adolescents from the risk of teen dating violence (TDV) perpetration is critical to enhancing prevention efforts. This study examined longitudinal trajectories of four protective factors (i.e., empathy, social support, parental monitoring, and school belonging) across adolescence in relation to four TDV types (i.e., verbal, relational, physical, and sexual). Adolescents ( n = 1,668) who reported being in a relationship or dating during high school completed self‐report measures from middle through high school. Results indicated that all protective factors differentiated between TDV perpetrators and nonperpetrators, although these trajectories varied for boys and for girls and across the different types of TDV. Overall, youth who did not perpetrate TDV in high school generally displayed higher protective factors across the TDV perpetration types.