Citation

Champion HLO, Foley KL, Sigmon-Smith K, Sutfin EL, DuRant RH. Women Health 2008; 47(3): 1-22.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/03630240802132286

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Over 2,000 North Carolina high school students completed surveys measuring community risk and protective factors and individual health risk behaviors including dating violence perpetration and victimization. Females reported more date fighting perpetration than males (8.8% to 4.0%), as well as greater levels of date fighting victimization (7.2% and 5.0%). In multivariate models, factors associated with date fighting perpetration among females and males included riding with a drinking driver. Neighborhood organization was protective for both groups. Cigarette use, drinking and driving, and being a minority were also associated with perpetration among females, while tobacco use was associated with date fighting perpetration by males. Factors associated with victimization among both genders included riding with a drinking driver. Females were more likely to be victimized if they used marijuana, whereas males were less likely to be a victim of date fighting if they perceived their community to be "organized." Findings reflect comparable individual risk factors for date fighting across genders, with few exceptions, and warrant further investigation of the role of community assets in protecting young people from dating violence. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)