Technology-Delivered Dating Aggression: Risk and Promotive Factors and Patterns of Associations Across Violence Types Among High-Risk Youth.
Increasingly, technology (text, e-mail, and social media) is being used in dating relationships to stalk, control, threaten, and harass dating partners. This study examines risk and promotive factors associated with technology-delivered dating aggression (TDA) and relations between types of violence (physical dating/nondating, community violence, and TDA). Participants (14-20 years old) self-administered a computerized survey as part of a larger study at an urban emergency department. The study includes 210 youth who reported having a dating partner in the past 2 months. About 48.1% of participants reported TDA in the past 2 months. Mindfulness was negatively associated with TDA. Youth reporting TDA were more likely to report physical dating violence and community violence exposure. TDA is not an isolated occurrence and is positively associated with in-person violence among adolescents. Associations between TDA, risk and promotive factors, and other forms of violence can help identify avenues for targeting interventions.
Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.; Injury Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Quyen M
QM
Epstein-Ngo
Injury Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.; Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center, Flint, Michigan.
Jessica S
JS
Roche
Injury Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.; Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center, Flint, Michigan.; Addiction Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Maureen A
MA
Walton
Injury Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.; Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center, Flint, Michigan.; Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Marc A
MA
Zimmerman
Addiction Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.; Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research Evaluation Center, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Stephen T
ST
Chermack
Injury Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.; Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center, Flint, Michigan.; Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Rebecca M
RM
Cunningham