Long-term impact of adolescent dating violence on the behavioral and psychological health of male and female youth.

Full Abstract

OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the long-term impact of adolescent dating violence (ADV) on behavioral and psychological health.

STUDY DESIGN:
From a diverse sample of older adolescents who completed Project EAT in 1999 (wave 1) and 2004 (wave 2; mean age 20.4), 23 male and 102 female adolescents reporting ADV were compared with 671 male and 720 female adolescents reporting no ADV.

RESULTS:
ADV was positively associated with cigarette smoking and suicide attempts for both sexes, binge-eating and suicidal ideation in male adolescents, and smoking marijuana and high depressive symptoms in female adolescents in analyses unadjusted for wave 1 outcomes. In analyses adjusted for wave 1, in female adolescents, ADV was significantly associated with smoking cigarettes, marijuana use, and high depressive symptoms and marginally associated with suicide attempts; in male adolescents, ADV was significantly associated with smoking cigarettes and marginally associated with binge-eating and suicidal ideation. ADV was significantly associated with an overall high-risk profile (presence > or = 3 health outcomes) for both sexes; results remained significant in female adolescents after adjusting for wave 1.

CONCLUSIONS:
ADV is associated with greater likelihood of problematic health factors and increases nonspecific risk toward behavioral and psychological impairment in youth, particularly female adolescents.

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Author information

Author/s: Ackard, Diann M (DM); Eisenberg, Marla E (ME); Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne (D);

Affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Grants: R40 MC 00319-02 (Agency:United States PHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Journal: The Journal of pediatrics (J Pediatr), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Nov; vol 151 (issue 5) : pp 476-81

Dates: Created 2007/10/26; Completed 2007/12/13;

PMID: 17961688, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adolescent
Bulimia - epidemiology; psychology
Cohort Studies
Courtship
Depression - epidemiology; psychology
Female
Humans
Logistic Models

Male
Marijuana Smoking - epidemiology; psychology
Minnesota - epidemiology
Questionnaires
Sex Distribution
Smoking - epidemiology; psychology
Suicide, Attempted - psychology; statistics & numerical data
Violence - psychology

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