title: Attitudes affecting physical dating violence perpetration and victimization: findings from adolescents in a high-risk urban community.
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.
authors.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.
authors.forename: Bina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Swahn
authors.forename: Merle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamburger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D003380:Courtship / Q000523:psychology*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012931:Social Environment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*