Citation

Longmore MA, Manning WD, Copp JE, Giordano PC. Emerg. Adulthood 2016; 4(6): 403-416.

Affiliation

Department of Sociology, and the Center for Family and Demographic Research, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403,.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/2167696816631098

PMID

28546885

PMCID

PMC5440085

Abstract

We examined whether the influence of adolescents' sexual partnerships, both dating and casual, carried over to affect emerging adults' relationship satisfaction and experiences of intimate partner aggression. Analyses of longitudinal data from the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (n = 294) showed that net of control variables (delinquency, depression, family violence, relational and sociodemographic characteristics), adolescents' number of dating, but not casual, sexual partners led to greater odds of intimate partner aggression during emerging adulthood. Further, relationship churning (breaking-up and getting back together) and sexual non-exclusivity during emerging adulthood mediated the influence of adolescents' number of dating sexual partnerships on intimate partner aggression. The positive effect of dating sexual partnerships on intimate partner aggression was stronger for women compared with men. These findings confirm the long reach of adolescent experiences into emerging adulthood.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent casual sex; adolescent dating; intimate partner violence; relationship satisfaction