title: Parental punishment and peer victimization as developmental precursors to physical dating violence involvement among girls.
abstract: The current study examined harsh punishment and peer victimization as developmental precursors to girls' involvement in physical dating violence (PDV), and the putative mediating effect of rejection sensitivity. The sample comprised 475 African American and European American participants of the longitudinal Pittsburgh Girls Study who were dating at age 17. About 10% of girls reported significant perpetration and/or victimization of physical aggression in the relationship. Results showed that initial level and escalation in harsh punishment (between 10-13 years) and escalation in peer victimization (10-15 years) predicted PDV involvement, but this relationship was not mediated by rejection sensitivity. The results highlight the need to consider the impact of early experience of different forms of aggression on girls' risk for PDV involvement.
authors.affiliation: Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
authors.forename: Alison E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Hipwell
authors.affiliation: Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
authors.forename: Stephanie D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Stepp
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, University of Pittsburgh.
authors.forename: Shuangyan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago.
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Keenan
authors.affiliation: Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, and Leiden Law School, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Arjan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blokland
authors.affiliation: Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Loeber
keywords: Teen physical dating violence; females; parenting; rejection sensitivity