“…Previous theory on both risk among sexual minority populations (e.g., Minority Stress Theory; Meyer, 2003) and risk for dating violence in general (e.g., revictimization theory; Parks, Kim, Day, Garza, & Larkby, 2011) point to several potential mediators. More specifically, discrimination, alcohol use, childhood maltreatment, and sex and number of sexual partners may be important for explaining links between sexual minority identity and vulnerability to dating violence (Balsam & Szymanski, 2005; Edwards & Sylaska, 2013; Koeppel & Bouffard, 2014; Langenderfer-Magruder, Walls, Whitfield, Brown, & Barrett, 2015; Reisner, Falb, Wangenen, & Bradford, 2013; Temple, Shorey, Fite, Stuart, & Le, 2013).…”