title: The relationship between dating violence and suicidal behaviors in a national sample of adolescents.
abstract: Relationship violence is a common problem faced by adolescents in the United States. In general, adolescents are at higher risk for relationship victimization than adults (Silverman, Raj, Mucci, & Hathaway, 2001), and females between the ages of 16 and 24 years are at the highest risk of relationship victimization (Rennison, 2001). This study uses data from the 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance (YRBSS) System (or referred to as Youth Risk Behavior Survey [YRBS]; N = 11,781) of adolescents between the ages of 14 and 17 years to estimate two logistic regression models on the association between relationship violence and suicidal behaviors controlling for variables such as sexual assault and drug use. The findings indicated that victimized adolescents are at higher risk for planning and/or attempting suicide compared to nonvictimized adolescents. Implications for research and practice are explored.
authors.affiliation: University of North Texas, Department of Criminal Justice, Denton, TX 76203, USA. scott.belshaw@unt.edu
authors.forename: Scott H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Belshaw
authors.forename: Julie Ahmad
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Siddique
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tanner
authors.forename: G Solomon
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Osho
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003380:Courtship / Q000523:psychology*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult