A Meta-Analysis of Risk and Protective Factors for Dating Violence Victimization: The Role of Family and Peer Interpersonal Context

Abstract

Dating violence (DV) is a widespread social issue that has numerous deleterious repercussions on youths' health. Family and peer risk factors for DV have been widely studied, but with inconsistent methodologies, which complicates global comprehension of the phenomenon. Protective factors, although understudied, constitutes a promising line of research for prevention. To date, there is no comprehensive quantitative review attempting to summarize knowledge on both family and peer factors that increase or decrease the risk for adolescents and emerging adults DV victimization. The current meta-analysis draws on 87 studies with a total sample of 278,712 adolescents and young adults to examine effect sizes of the association between various family and peer correlates of DV victimization. Results suggest small, significant effect sizes for all the family (various forms of child maltreatment, parental support, and parental monitoring) and peer factors (peer victimization, sexual harassment, affiliation with deviant peers, and supportive/prosocial peers) in the prediction of DV. With few exceptions, forms of DV (psychological, physical, and sexual), gender, and age did not moderate the strength of these associations. In addition, no difference was found between the magnitude of family and peer factors' effect sizes, suggesting that these determinants are equally important in predicting DV. The current results provide future directions for examining relations between risk and protective factors for DV and indicate that both peers and family should be part of the development of efficient prevention options.

Prevalence and Determinants of Dating Violence: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses

“…We found 1119 citations from database searching and 416 citations from additional sources, totaling 1535 citations. After removing the duplicates, screening the titles/abstracts, and evaluating the full texts, we found 16 articles that met our criteria (Caridade, Braga, & Borrajo, 2019;Duval, Lanning, & Patterson, 2018;Garthe, Sullivan, & McDaniel, 2017;Hébert et al, 2019; Figure 1.…”

“…The relation between bullying victimization and DV perpetration was not statistically significant (AOR = 1.01, 95% CI: 0.99-1.03) For example, among 87 studies included in a meta-analysis by He'bert and colleagues, only two primary studies were from India and El Salvador (Hébert et al, 2019). Most of the studies (n = 11) (Duval et al, 2018;Garthe et al, 2017;Hébert et al, 2019;Johnson et al, 2017;S. Park & Kim, 2018Rothman et al, 2012;Spencer et al, 2019;Stonard et al, 2014;Wincentak et al, 2017;Zych et al, 2019) included in this umbrella review had high quality whereas remaining (n = 5) (Caridade et al, 2019;Johnson et al, 2015;Joly & Connolly, 2016;Rubio-Garay et al, 2017;Taquette & Maia Monteiro, 2019) studies had medium quality as per the JBI quality appraisal checklist (Appendix 1).…”

“…Bullying victimization was related to DV victimization (AOR = 1.96, 95% CI: 1.68-2.29), which was stronger for females. The relation between bullying victimization and DV perpetration was not statistically significant (AOR = 1.01, 95% CI: 0.99-1.03) For example, among 87 studies included in a meta-analysis by He'bert and colleagues, only two primary studies were from India and El Salvador (Hébert et al, 2019). Most of the studies (n = 11) (Duval et al, 2018;Garthe et al, 2017;Hébert et al, 2019;Johnson et al, 2017;S.…”

“…Among the 16 studies included in this review (summary of the studies is provided in Table 1), ten were meta-analyses (Garthe et al, 2017;Hébert et al, 2019;Johnson et al, 2017;Joly & Connolly, 2016;S. Park & Kim, 2018Rothman et al, 2012;Spencer et al, 2019;Wincentak et al, 2017;Zych et al, 2019) and six were systematic reviews (Caridade et al, 2019;Duval et al, 2018;Johnson et al, 2015;Rubio-Garay et al, 2017;Stonard et al, 2014;Taquette & Maia Monteiro, 2019).…”

Neighborhood violent crime and adolescent relationship aggression

“…While a number of studies have explored predictors of ARA victimization (Brooks‐Russell, Foshee, & Ennett, ; Foshee, Benefield, Ennett, Bauman, & Suchindran, ; Hébert et al, ), particularly among adolescent girls (Chiodo et al, ; Howard & Wang, ; Raiford, Wingood, & DiClemente, ), less is known regarding the factors associated with ARA perpetration (see Vagi et al, ). In this study, we study both ARA victimization and perpetration.…”