Prevalence and predictors of dating violence among adolescent female victims of child sexual abuse.

Full Abstract

The purpose of this study was to advance knowledge of dating violence behaviors among adolescent victims of child sexual abuse (CSA), first, by determining the prevalence of psychological and physical dating violence and the reciprocity of violence, and second, by investigating the influence of certain CSA characteristics to dating violence. Respondents included 126 females ages 13 to 17 years. More than 45% reported experiencing some sort of physical violence in their dating relationships. Psychological violence was reciprocal in more than 90% of the cases. Multiple regression analysis revealed a significant contribution of CSA characteristics. Multiple regression analyses revealed that the duration of the sexual abuse and the presence of violence or completed intercourse during the abuse could significantly contribute to dating violence above and beyond other known risk factors. Discussion underscores the need to gain a better understanding of CSA and other risk factors that might influence violent dating behaviors.

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Author information

Author/s: Cyr, Mireille (M); McDuff, Pierre (P); Wright, John (J);

Affiliation: Université de Montréal, Canada.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Journal of interpersonal violence (J Interpers Violence), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Aug; vol 21 (issue 8) : pp 1000-17

Dates: Created 2006/07/10; Completed 2007/02/20;

PMID: 16829664, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Battered Women - psychology; statistics & numerical data
Child Abuse, Sexual
Courtship
Crime Victims - psychology; statistics & numerical data
Female

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