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Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma Volume 19, 2010 - Issue 5: Adolescent Dating Violence, Part I: Gender, Race, and the Social Ecological Context
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Examination of Sex and Race Differences in Longitudinal Predictors of the Initiation of Adolescent Dating Violence Perpetration

Vangie A. Foshee University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Heather Luz McNaughton Reyes University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Susan T. Ennett University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Pages 492-516 | Received 18 Feb 2009, Accepted 30 Mar 2010, Published online: 28 Jul 2010
 
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Abstract

We examined longitudinal predictors of dating violence perpetration and determined if predictors varied by sex and race. Analyses were with 1,666 adolescents who completed questionnaires in a fall and spring semester. Depression, marijuana use, and aggression against peers predicted perpetration by girls but not by boys. Anxiety predicted perpetration by White adolescents and anger predicted perpetration by Black adolescents. Number of friends using dating violence was a predictor for all groups. Black girls were more likely to initiate dating violence than all other groups. The findings can inform the development of programs for the primary prevention of adolescent dating violence.

This research was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01 DA16669) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (R49 CCV423114).

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