Prioritizing Prevention of Teen Dating Violence

Ragavan, Maya I.; Miller, Elizabeth

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.4835

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“…Strategies involving a multi-level approach (school, home, and community) [ 59 ] that not only involve curricular content but help students recognize warning signs of DV to include attention to gender equity, gender identity, sexual attraction, and sexual and reproductive health education may have a greater impact. Other interventions that include parental monitoring (parents knowing about child´s activities, children disclosing these activities, and rule setting) and the involvement of families also appear promising (i.e., Families for Safe Dates, Project STRONG, and components of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention multicomponent program “Dating Matters”) [ 60 , 61 , 62 ] compared in an RCT (Dating Matters vs. Safe Dates) with middle school students showed, on average, lower DV rates of perpetration and victimization and lower use of negative conflict resolution strategies [ 63 ].…”

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“…The restrictions imposed during confinement changed the way in which young people interacted with each other, including the use of online dating and sex, which may have increased the risk of cyber-aggression. Lastly, prevention programs that focus on youth, such as our study sample, facing marginalization (race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity) deserve our utmost attention [ 60 ].…”

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Dating Violence among Undergraduate Medical Students at a Public University in Mexico City: An Exploratory Study

Olavarrieta

Villa

López

et al. 2023

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Gender-based violence (GBV) and cyber-aggression are growing problems in Mexico, but there is a dearth of information on their associated risks. We aimed to determine the prevalence of dating violence (DV) and cyber-aggression in a public campus and compared students’ acceptability of abusive DV based on their sex and sexual orientation. We employed a cross-sectional design to survey 964 first-year medical students attending a public university. We analyzed who found “acceptable” abusive behaviors from a dating partner and carried out descriptive analyses of sample characteristics by sex. We included 633 women and 331 men. Homosexual and bisexual orientation was lower among women (1.5%, 4.8%) vs. men (16.9%, 7.2%). Of women and men, respectively, 64.2% and 35.8% reported having been in a dating relationship. Experiencing abusive behaviors in the year prior to the study was associated with students’ level of “acceptability”. A total of 43.5% of the students who experienced cyber-aggression did not report any mental health consequences, 32.6% did not seek professional help, and 17.4% reported feeling depressed. Students that accepted emotionally abusive DV behaviors displayed a fourfold risk of experiencing physical abuse. Women and sexual minorities are more at risk of experiencing GBV and DV. More male students reported being victims of cyber-aggression.

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Dating Violence among Undergraduate Medical Students at a Public University in Mexico City: An Exploratory Study

Olavarrieta

Villa

López

et al. 2023

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“…The authors also noted iatrogenic effects in several randomized studies, including increases in physical/sexual dating violence and sexual harassment (Piolanti & Foran, 2021). Taken together, this creates an important moment for reflection and a need to pause and critically examine this signal to ensure we are not inadvertently doing harm with our SV/ARA intervention approaches, as well as the need to formulate hypotheses as to why prevention programming might be contributing to increases in SV perpetration (Ragavan & Miller, 2021).…”

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Primary Versus Secondary Prevention Effects of a Gender-Transformative Sexual Violence Prevention Program Among Male Youth: A Planned Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Culyba

Fuhrman

Barker³

et al. 2023

J Interpers Violence

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Engaging adolescent males is a promising violence prevention strategy. This study explored primary versus secondary prevention effects of a gender-transformative program (i.e., Manhood 2.0) versus job-readiness training on multiple forms of violence perpetration. Adolescent males, ages 13 to 19 years, were recruited through youth-serving organizations in Pittsburgh, PA, between July 27, 2015, and June 5, 2017, to participate in an unblinded community-based cluster-randomized trial in 20 neighborhoods. The intervention curriculum, Manhood 2.0, focused on challenging norms that foster gender-based violence and building bystander skills. The control program was job-readiness training. We completed a planned secondary analysis of surveys from baseline and 9 months post intervention (follow-up), wherein we stratified participants based on any sexual violence/adolescent relationship abuse (SV/ARA) at baseline and examined risk of perpetration of SV/ARA, incapacitated sex, sexual harassment, cyber sexual abuse, peer violence, bullying, and homophobic teasing at follow-up. Among 866 participants, mean age was 15.6 years, 70% identified as Black, 6% as Hispanic, and 6% as multiracial. In both the Manhood 2.0 intervention group and job-readiness control groups, youth who reported SV/ARA at baseline were significantly more likely to report any form of SV/ARA, incapacitated sex, sexual harassment, cyber sexual abuse, bullying, and homophobic teasing at follow-up. Among participants who reported no SV/ARA perpetration at baseline, participating in the Manhood 2.0 intervention program was associated with increased risk of SV/ARA at follow-up compared to participating in the job-readiness control program. Among participants who reported SV/ARA perpetration at baseline, participating in the Manhood 2.0 intervention group was associated with lower risk of peer violence at follow-up. Synergizing gender-transformative approaches with job-readiness training may offer opportunities for crosscutting prevention programming to address multiple forms of violence.

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“…Among those who would seek help, parents and guardians emerged as a frequently cited source of support. Parents are an important support for ARA survivors, as multiple studies have shown significant associations between increased parental monitoring and communication and decreased ARA victimization and perpetration (Khetarpal et al, 2022; Ragavan & Miller, 2022). Interestingly, prior work focused on physical and sexual ARA had differing findings from our study, particularly that adolescents may disclose less frequently to parents compared with sharing with peers (Fry et al, 2014; Mapes & Cavell, 2021).…”

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Economic Abuse and Help-Seeking Intentions Among Adolescents

Scott,

Lavage,

Risser

et al. 2023

J Interpers Violence

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Economic adolescent relationship abuse (ARA) includes coercive behaviors leading to interference with education, employment, and finances. To date, no study has examined help seeking among adolescents and young adults if they were to experience economic ARA. The goals of this article include examining: (a) help-seeking intentions of adolescents regarding economic ARA; (b) help-seeking sources and reasons for not seeking help; and (c) differences in help-seeking intentions based on age, race/ethnicity, gender identity, and experiences of economic ARA. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of adolescents ages 13–19 focused on economic ARA experiences and help seeking. We performed descriptive statistics of help-seeking intentions, sources, and barriers. We utilized logistic regression, adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, and gender identity, to explore associations between economic ARA victimization and help-seeking intentions. Of 2,852 participants, 56% said they would seek help for economic ARA. Adolescents with positive help-seeking intentions shared that they would seek help from their parents (43%) or friends (35%). Those less likely to seek help were concerned about others finding out (32%), not being believed (31%), or authority figures being notified (31%). Help-seeking intentions were lower among Black/African American adolescents (aOR = 0.55, CI [0.43, 0.70]) and Multiracial adolescents (aOR = 0.26, CI [0.16, 0.42]) compared to White adolescents. Help-seeking intentions were higher among gender diverse adolescents (aOR = 5.78, CI [2.98, 11.22]) and those ages 15–17 years (aOR = 1.84, CI [1.36, 2.47]) compared to those identifying as female and ages 18–19 years. Help-seeking intentions were lower among adolescents who experienced economic ARA (aOR = 0.61, CI [0.51, 0.72]). While the majority of adolescents reported that they would seek help if they experienced economic ARA, those who had experienced economic ARA were less likely to report intentions to seek help. Supportive interventions for adolescents experiencing economic ARA are needed.

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Prioritizing Prevention of Teen Dating Violence

Cited by 7 publications

References 14 publications

Dating Violence among Undergraduate Medical Students at a Public University in Mexico City: An Exploratory Study

Dating Violence among Undergraduate Medical Students at a Public University in Mexico City: An Exploratory Study

Primary Versus Secondary Prevention Effects of a Gender-Transformative Sexual Violence Prevention Program Among Male Youth: A Planned Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Economic Abuse and Help-Seeking Intentions Among Adolescents

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