title: Teen Dating Violence Victimization, Trauma Symptoms, and Revictimization in Early Adulthood.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This research examined whether experiencing physical teen dating violence (TDV) relates to trauma symptoms, which in turn, predict future physical dating violence victimization in early adulthood.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adolescents (N = 843) recruited from high schools reported on their experiences of physical TDV victimization and trauma symptoms. The sample was followed over a 5-year period to assess for revictimization in early adulthood.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Trauma symptoms functioned as a mediator between experiences of physical TDV victimization during adolescence and later revictimization in early adulthood, even in a conservative test of mediation that controlled for baseline trauma symptoms. Multigroup analyses testing for gender differences suggest that this mediation model is significant for females but not for males.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present findings suggest that the mental health consequences of experiencing physical TDV are an important factor contributing to future victimization in early adulthood. This holds potentially important implications for school-based efforts for reducing physical TDV. Specifically, school-based efforts to reduce victimization may be enhanced by supplementing existing efforts with empirically supported programs for addressing trauma symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Electronic address: ejourile@smu.edu.
authors.forename: Ernest N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Jouriles
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
authors.forename: Hye Jeong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: Caitlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rancher
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UTMB Health, Galveston, Texas.
authors.forename: Jeff R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Temple
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D015995:Prevalence; D012572:School Health Services; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Dating violence; Revictimization; Trauma; Victimization