Adolescents' Gender Mistrust: Variations and Implications for the Quality of Romantic Relationships

Nomaguchi, Kei; Giordano, Peggy C.; Manning, Wendy D.; Longmore, Monica A.

doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00855.x

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“…Thus, attitudes that reflect gender mistrus t or negative communications about the child’s choice of partners may be associated with the child’s own developing feelings of gender mistrust. Consistent with the idea of intergenerational transmission of such attitudes, Nomaguchi and colleagues (Nomaguchi, Giordano, Manning, & Longmore, 2011) recently documented that the parents’ feelings of gender mistrust were significantly related to the adolescent’s own reports of gender mistrust. Exposure to such negative attitudes may result in a lack of trust of specific partners, including, for example, an increased likelihood of developing concerns about the partner’s level of commitment or fidelity—significant sources of discord associated with violence in romantic relationships (see Miller & White, 2003; Wilkinson & Hamerschlag, 2005).…”

Section: Parental Negativity About Dating and Intimate Partner Violencementioning

confidence: 71%

Parenting in Adolescence and Young Adult Intimate Partner Violence

Giordano

Johnson

Manning

et al. 2014

Journal of Family Issues

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Most prior studies of intimate partner violence (IPV) have relied on traditional indices of parental support, control or coercion to examine the nature and extent of parental influences. We explore whether parents’ more general attitudes toward their child’s dating and associated parenting practices are related to the young adult child’s report of IPV, once traditional parent factors and other covariates are introduced. Using data from the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (n = 625), results indicate that net of other parenting dimensions and controls for child and neighborhood characteristics, parental negativity about their child’s dating and related parenting practices are associated with later reports of IPV during young adulthood. Parent-child conflict and the child’s own feelings of gender mistrust were considered as potential mediators. Results suggest the importance of widening the lens beyond support, control and even the parents’ own use of violence to include a range of parental attitudes and behaviors that influence the child’s approach to and conduct within the romantic realm.

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Parenting in Adolescence and Young Adult Intimate Partner Violence

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Manning

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“…As described previously, this jealousy was often a result of insecurity as they were afraid that their partner would meet someone else. Although insecurity and jealousy in adolescent relationships is not new (Adam and Williams 2014;Helms et al 2013;Nomaguchi et al 2010), it appears that the ease in which communication with other potential partners can take place through the use of technology increases the difficulties in achieving stability in these relationships and makes adolescents more vulnerable to relationship discord and violence.…”

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Understanding the Role of Technology in Adolescent Dating and Dating Violence

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A significant part of an adolescent's day includes the use of technology, such as cell phone calls, instant messaging, and posts to social networking sites. Although studies have documented the benefits of technology use, there are significant downsides as well. For example, recent studies have shown that adolescents use technology to harass and abuse others, including dating partners. However, questions remain on how technology use and dating violence intersect at different stages in the couple's relationship and whether this intersection is different for boys and girls. This article begins to fill these gaps by presenting the findings from focus groups with 39 high school aged adolescents, all of whom had experienced a problematic relationship in the past year. Results showed that adolescents used technology to initiate and dissolve dating relationships, often with text messages or posts to social networking sites. Technology use also caused jealousy, and it was used to monitor and isolate partners from others. Gender differences in the use of technology are highlighted. Finally, recommendations for prevention programs for adolescents and parents are discussed.

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“…Besides immediate physical and emotional harm, TDV can lead to multiple negative mental health issues including sad/hopeless feelings, binge drinking, eating disorders, and suicidal ideation as well as compromised performance in school and engagement in physical fighting [3,[7][8][9][10][11]. Violence in adolescent relationships has also been associated with violence in adult relationships and marriage [5,12,13].…”

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“…Further, most TDV research focuses on white youths in college settings, noticeably omitting minority and younger adolescents [1,5,13]. Because ethnicity, race, and social economic status intersect and influence dating relationships, they are particularly important to examine [4,5,12,24].…”

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Female High School Students’ Perceptions and Experiences of Gender Roles and Stereotypes in Dating Relationships

Abebe¹,

Hall²,

Howard³

et al. 2017

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Female high school students' experiences and perceptions of gender roles and gender stereotypes is largely missing from research on sexual health and dating violence. The aim of this study was to examine how adolescent females perceive of and experience gender roles and gender inequity in dating relationships. A secondary data analysis of seventy in-depth interviews from a larger study on adolescent females' perceptions of healthy and unhealthy dating relationships was conducted. The majority of participants were 16 or 17-year-old, almost 80% self-identified as Caucasian or African American, and the majority were 11th or 12th graders. Five themes emerged: 1) Biology, socialization or what? with subthemes 1a) Biology and 1b) Socialization; 2) Experiences and perceptions of power and control in relationships; 3) The conundrum of stereotypes: challenges, confrontations, confusions; 4) The importance and motivation of sex; 5) Communication, caring, commitment, with subthemes, 5a) Males not wanting committed relationships, females wanting them, 5b) Who cares? Males do not care and females care deeply, and 5c) Role reversals. Public health programs can be strengthened by inclusion of the voices of adolescent females. Programs promoting healthy adolescent relationships should engage adolescent males and females, utilize role models, and focus on collective action.

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Adolescents' Gender Mistrust: Variations and Implications for the Quality of Romantic Relationships

Cited by 9 publications

References 34 publications

Parenting in Adolescence and Young Adult Intimate Partner Violence

Parenting in Adolescence and Young Adult Intimate Partner Violence

Understanding the Role of Technology in Adolescent Dating and Dating Violence

Female High School Students’ Perceptions and Experiences of Gender Roles and Stereotypes in Dating Relationships

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