title: Dating Violence and Injury Among Youth Exposed to Violence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess gender differences in the proportion of adolescents reporting teen dating violence (TDV) and the frequency of TDV at multiple age points across adolescence in a high-risk sample of youth with previous exposure to violence.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional, high-risk sample of boys and girls (n = 1149) ages 11 to 17 years completed surveys assessing TDV and self-defense. Indices of TDV included perpetration and victimization scales of controlling behaviors, psychological TDV, physical TDV, sexual TDV, fear/intimidation, and injury.
  
  
  RESULTS
  More girls reported perpetrating psychological and physical TDV, whereas twice as many boys reported sexual TDV perpetration. More girls reported fear/intimidation victimization than boys. When comparing the frequency of TDV across adolescence, boys reported more sexual TDV victimization at younger ages, and girls demonstrated a trend toward more victimization at older ages. Likewise, younger boys reported more fear/intimidation and injury perpetration and injury victimization than younger girls. However, by age 17, girls reported more injury perpetration than boys, and reports of injury victimization and use of self-defense did not differ. Notably, despite potential parity in injury, girls consistently reported more fear/intimidation victimization associated with TDV.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Contrary to data suggesting that girls experience far more sexual TDV and injury, these data suggest that at specific times during adolescence, boys among high-risk populations may be equally at risk for victimization. However, the psychological consequences (fear) are greater for girls. These findings suggest a need to tailor strategies to prevent TDV based on both age- and gender-specific characteristics in high-risk populations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Violence Prevention and dreidy@cdc.gov.
authors.forename: Dennis E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Reidy
authors.affiliation: Division of Violence Prevention and.
authors.forename: Megan C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kearns
authors.affiliation: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Houry
authors.affiliation: Division of Violence Prevention and.
authors.forename: Linda A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Valle
authors.affiliation: Division of Violence Prevention and.
authors.forename: Kristin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.affiliation: Division of Violence Prevention and.
authors.forename: Khiya J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Marshall
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005239:Fear / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology
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