Perpetration of Physical Assault Against Dating Partners, Peers, and Siblings Among a Locally Representative Sample of High School Students in Boston, Massachusetts

• NCJ Number: 232867
• Journal: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Volume: 164 Issue: 12 Dated: December 2010 Pages: 1118-1124
• Author(s): Emily F. Rothman, Sc.D.; Renee M. Johnson, Ph.D.; Deborah Azrael, Ph.D.; Diane M. Hall, Ph.D.; Janice Weinberg, Sc.D.
• Date Published: December 2010
• Length: 10 pages
• Grant Number(s): U49-CE00740; 1K01AA017630-01A1; R03DA025823
• Sponsoring Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; US Dept of Health and Human Services; National Institute on Drug Abuse; Ctr's for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examined the incidence of dating violence in a sample of high school students in Boston, MA.

Abstract

Study results show that 18.7 percent of study respondents reported past-month perpetration of dating violence; 41.2 percent of respondents reported peer violence; and 31.2 percent of respondents reported sibling violence. The study also found, after controlling for age and school, that the association between sibling violence and dating violence was strong for both boys and girls, as was the association between peer violence and dating violence perpetration. In addition, dating violence perpetration was associated with delinquency, substance use, and exposure to community violence. Data for this study were obtained from a sample of urban high school students (n=1,398) from Boston, MA, who participated in the Boston Youth Survey from January through April 2008. Self-reported data were obtained on physical dating-violence perpetration, peer violence perpetration, and sibling violence perpetration. Covariates included substance use, exposure to community violence, and academic performance. Results of the study indicate that students who perpetrated physical dating violence were more likely to perpetrate peer and/or sibling violence. Tables, figure, and references