Citation

Ali B, Swahn M, Hamburger ME. Violence Vict. 2011; 26(5): 669-683.

Affiliation

Institute of Public Health and the Partnership for Urban Health Research, College of Health and Human Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302-3995, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Springer Publishing)

DOI

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PMID

22145543

Abstract

This study examines the associations between attitudes supporting physical dating violence against boys hitting girls and girls hitting boys and experiences with physical dating violence perpetration and victimization among youth in a high-risk community. Cross-sectional logistic regression analyses are based on data from the Youth Violence Survey, conducted in 2004, and administered to more than 80% of public school students in grades 7, 9, 11, and 12 (N = 4,131) in an urban school district. Findings show that attitudes supporting physical dating violence against boys and girls are significantly associated with physical dating violence perpetration and victimization. Prevention programs that seek to reduce physical dating violence among adolescents may benefit from including sex-specific attitude modification as part of a comprehensive violence prevention approach.

Language: en