title: Teen dating violence perpetration and relation to STI and sexual risk behaviours among adolescent males.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate teen dating violence (TDV) perpetration (physical, sexual or psychological violence) and association with STI and related sexual risk behaviours among urban male adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adolescent male survey participants (N=134) were aged 14-20 years, recruited from urban health centres. Using crude and adjusted logistic regression, TDV perpetration was examined in relation to self-reported: STI, having sex with another person when they were only supposed to have sex with their main partner, and consistent condom use.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Over one-third of males (45%) reported any TDV; 42% reported sexual violence perpetration, 13% reported perpetrating physical violence against a dating/sexual partner and 11% reported psychological violence, including threats of physical or sexual violence. Approximately 15% of males reported having ever had an STI, one quarter reported having sex with another person when they were only supposed to have sex with their main partner and 36% reported consistent condom use (past 3 months). In adjusted logistic regression models, TDV perpetration was significantly associated with self-reports of an STI (OR=3.3; 95% CI 1.2 to 9.2) and having sex with another person when they were supposed to be only having sex with their main partner (OR=4.8; 95% CI 2.0 to 11.4). There was no significant association between TDV perpetration and consistent condom use.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Current study findings are the first within the literature on adolescents to suggest that greater STI and sexual risk behaviours among male adolescents perpetrating TDV may be one mechanism explaining increased STI among female adolescents reporting TDV victimisation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.affiliation: Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raj
authors.affiliation: Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Michele R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Decker
authors.affiliation: Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
authors.forename: Jay G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Silverman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001900:Boston / Q000453:epidemiology; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adolescent; Public Health; Sexual Health