Dating Violence Perpetration and/or Victimization and Associated Sexual Risk Behaviors among a Sample of Inner-City African American and Hispanic Adolescent Females

Autor/inn/en	Alleyne-Green, Binta; Coleman-Cowger, Victoria H.; Henry, David B.
Titel	Dating Violence Perpetration and/or Victimization and Associated Sexual Risk Behaviors among a Sample of Inner-City African American and Hispanic Adolescent Females
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27 (2012) 8, S.1457-1473 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260511425788
Schlagwörter	Sexuality; Violence; Females; Adolescents; Psychology; Victims; Dating (Social); Urban Areas; Risk; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; High School Students; Social Influences; Health; Health Behavior; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Intervention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexualität; Gewalt; Weibliches Geschlecht; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Psychologie; Victim; Opfer; Urban area; Stadtregion; Risiko; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Sozialer Einfluss; Gesundheit; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit
Abstract	The purpose of this study is to examine the prevalence of physical and psychological dating violence victimization and perpetration reported by inner-city African American and Hispanic adolescent girls as well as associated risky sexual behaviors among this population. Participants in this study were 10th- and 11th-grade female students from seven inner-city Chicago public high schools. Participants were administered with the Safe Dates measures of physical violence victimization, physical violence perpetration, psychological abuse victimization, and psychological perpetration. Approximately half of the sample reported some psychological dating violence victimization and perpetration, and approximately one third reported some physical victimization and perpetration. Hispanic adolescents were significantly more likely to report psychological victimization, whereas African American adolescents were significantly more likely to report physical dating violence perpetration. Victimization was found to predict perpetration in this population, and adolescents who acknowledged being both victims and perpetrators of dating violence were more likely to report having had vaginal sex and a higher number of past-year sexual partners. Inner-city African American and Hispanic adolescent girls may be particularly vulnerable to dating violence victimization and perpetration, which may be due to a number of other social factors not explored within this study. Furthermore, African American adolescent girls continue to engage in behaviors that increase their risk for negative health outcomes, predominantly STIs, highlighting the need for effective interventions with this population. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10