title: Intimate partner victimization, poor relationship quality, and depressive symptoms during young adulthood.
abstract: Using longitudinal data from the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (n = 927), we examined physical victimization, poor quality, and depression among young adults in casually dating, exclusively dating, cohabiting, and marital relationships. In multivariate models, victimization was a risk factor for depression with the inclusion of prior depression, family factors reflecting the intergenerational transmission of violence, sociodemographic background, and relationship characteristics including union status. With the inclusion of indicators of poor relational quality, victimization was not a significant predictor of depression. Arguing and poor communication influenced victimization and depression. Associations between victimization and depression did not differ by gender, nor were the effects of poor quality on depression conditional on gender. Thus, victimization occurs within relationships characterized by a range of negative dynamics. Multifaceted relationship-centered prevention efforts are more useful than focusing only on the use of aggression with a partner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, and the Center for Family and Demographic Research, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, United States. Electronic address: mseff@bgsu.edu.
authors.forename: Monica A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Longmore
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, and the Center for Family and Demographic Research, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, United States.
authors.forename: Wendy D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, and the Center for Family and Demographic Research, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, United States.
authors.forename: Peggy C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, and the Center for Family and Demographic Research, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, United States.
authors.forename: Jennifer E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Copp
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D003142:Communication; D003380:Courtship; D019548:Crime Victims; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D009820:Ohio; D012747:Sexual Partners; D013179:Spouse Abuse; D014754:Violence; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Depressive symptoms; Gender; Intimate partner victimization; Poor relationship quality