Citation

Gover AR, Park MR, Tomsich EA, Jennings WG. J. Interpers. Violence 2011; 26(6): 1232-1263.

Affiliation

University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260510368161

PMID

20498382

Abstract

Unlike the attention given to intimate partner violence among adolescents and young adults in western societies, dating violence is not currently recognized in South Korea as a social phenomenon in terms of research, prevention, and intervention. Childhood maltreatment has been identified in previous research as a risk factor for violence in a later dating relationship. This study examines the relationship between childhood maltreatment and physical and psychological dating violence perpetration and victimization among 1,399 college students in South Korea, with a specific focus on gender. Poisson regression models and tests of equivalent parameters were conducted to determine whether the observed relationships were invariant across gender. Findings indicated that childhood maltreatment is a consistent predictor of involvement in dating relationships characterized by violence for males and females. The implications of the current research within a cultural context are discussed.

Language: en