Patterns of childhood abuse and dating violence victimization among early adolescents from Denmark: A latent class approach.

Abstract

Objective: An emerging body of research has examined patterns of adolescent dating violence (ADV) via person-centered approaches. However, these studies seem limited, as they do not integrate previous victimization as part of the violence typology. The present study explored discrete patterns based on different types of childhood abuse and ADV and the role of differential negative outcomes across these patterns. Method: Data from a large Danish survey on dating violence in early adolescence were used. In total, 1,799 Grade 7 students aged 12–15 years (M = 13.5, SD = .5) were included in the study. Latent class analysis was used to identify typologies of childhood abuse and ADV victimization. Results: Four distinct typologies of victimization emerged: a revictimization class (5.3%), a childhood maltreatment class (13.2%), an adolescent dating victimization class (19.4%), and a low victimization class (62.2%). Associations between gender, low socioeconomic status, and ethnic minority status varied across classes. The probability of adolescents who reported that they were female, had low socioeconomic status, and had parents who were immigrants was significantly higher in the revictimization class than the remaining classes. Moreover, probabilities of smoking and excessive alcohol intake were much higher in the revictimization class than the remaining classes. Conclusions: The latent class analytic approach allowed us to identify meaningful subgroups of victims. Owing to the variance in the prevalence of negative health behavioral factors across the victimization subgroups, results point to the potential benefit of targeting subgroups of adolescents as opposed to applying universal prevention strategies for ADV.

Is All Dating Violence Equal? Gender and Severity Differences in Predictors of Perpetration

“…In the dating violence literature, one of the most common studied risk factors for perpetration and victimization is exposure to traumatic experiences during childhood [ 23 , 24 ]. First described by Felitti and colleagues in their seminal ACE study of 1998, adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, encompass three forms of traumatic exposure: abuse, neglect, and household challenges [ 25 ].…”

Pathways From Family Violence to Adolescent Violence: Examining the Mediating Mechanisms

“…Prior research has provided strong support for social learning theory by demonstrating that experiencing physical abuse is positively associated with adolescents’ violent behavior ( Duman and Margolin, 2007 ; Xia et al, 2018 ; Karsberg et al, 2019 ). For example, by analyzing the data collected from a national sample, Cuartas et al (2020) found that physical punishment strongly predicted adolescents’ delinquent involvement, especially violent offending.…”

Forgiveness as a Mediator of the Revictimization between Childhood Trauma and Adulthood Dating Violence Victimization

“…Widom et al(2008) (Baeck JE, 2019). 다수 연구에서 데이트 폭력 피해의 위험 요인으로 반복하여 보고되는 것이 바로 아동기 외상 경험이다 (Gagné et al, 2005;Karsberg et al, 2019). 아동기 외상과 데이트 폭력 피해경험은 다 시 친밀한 파트너 폭력(intimate partner violence)과 가 정폭력(domestic violence)을 유의하게 예측한다 (Gómez, 2010).…”

“…친밀한 관계에서 일어나는 폭력의 피해는 생애 전반, 세 대를 걸쳐 반복될 위험성이 높다는 결과가 축적되며 재피 해의 관련 변인을 찾으려는 연구가 많아 이루어지고 있다. 아동기 외상으로 인한 PTSD 증상과 학대의 심각도 (Gobin et al, 2013), 외상 후 부정적 인지 (Park JE et al, 2016), 우울 (Miron et al, 2014), 수치심 (Aakvaag et al, 2019), 관계중독 (Jang SO, 2016), 정서표현양가성(Shon IY et al, 2018), 과도한 음주 (Finkelhor et al, 2007;Karsberg et al, 2019) (Enright, 1996). 용서는 연구자마다 다양하게 정의하고 있지만, 누군가 잘못을 했을 때 그 대상에게 가지는 부정 적 생각, 감정, 행동을 중립을 넘어 긍정적 방향으로 변화 시키는 인지, 정서, 행동적 변화 과정이라는 점은 공통적 이다 (Thompson et al, 2005;Worrington, 2007).…”

“…아동기 외상과 성인기 데이트 폭력 피해는 유의한 정적 상관이 있었다. 아동기 외상 총점과 외상 하위 요인 모두 성인기 데이트 폭력 피해 경험과 정적 상관을 보여, 아동기 외상 경험은 외상 종류에 상관없이 성인기 데이트 폭력 피해와 관련됨을 다시 한 번 확인할 수 있었다(Gagné et al, 2005;Karsberg et al, 2019;Li et al, 2019; Storem et al, 2019).…”