Physical teen dating violence in high school students in Slovenia
- Although teen dating violence (TDV) is internationally recognized as a serious threat to adolescents' health and well-being, almost no data is available for Slovenian youth. Hence, the purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and predictors of TDV among Slovenian adolescents for the first time. Using data from the SPMAD study (Study of Parental Monitoring and Adolescent Delinquency), 330 high school students were asked about physical TDV victimization and perpetration as well as about their dating history, relationship conflicts, peers' antisocial behavior, and informal social control by family and school. A substantial number of female andmale adolescents reported victimization (16.7% of female and 12.7% of male respondents) and perpetration (21.1% of female and 6.0% of male respondents). Furthermore, the results revealed that lower age at the first relationship, relationship conflicts, and school informal social control were associated with victimization, whereas being female, relationship conflicts, having antisocialAlthough teen dating violence (TDV) is internationally recognized as a serious threat to adolescents' health and well-being, almost no data is available for Slovenian youth. Hence, the purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and predictors of TDV among Slovenian adolescents for the first time. Using data from the SPMAD study (Study of Parental Monitoring and Adolescent Delinquency), 330 high school students were asked about physical TDV victimization and perpetration as well as about their dating history, relationship conflicts, peers' antisocial behavior, and informal social control by family and school. A substantial number of female andmale adolescents reported victimization (16.7% of female and 12.7% of male respondents) and perpetration (21.1% of female and 6.0% of male respondents). Furthermore, the results revealed that lower age at the first relationship, relationship conflicts, and school informal social control were associated with victimization, whereas being female, relationship conflicts, having antisocial peers, and family informal social control were linked to perpetration. Implications of the study findings were discussed.…
| Author details: | Eva Bertok, Gorazd MeškoORCiDGND, Isabell SchusterORCiDGND, Paulina TomaszewskaORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20436 |
| ISSN: | 1534-8687 |
| Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34664777 |
| Title of parent work (English): | New directions for child and adolescent development |
| Subtitle (English): | prevalence and correlates |
| Publisher: | Jossey-Bass |
| Place of publishing: | San Fransisco |
| Editor(s): | Isabell Schuster, Paulina Tomaszewska |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2021/10/19 |
| Publication year: | 2021 |
| Release date: | 2024/01/18 |
| Tag: | Slovenia; dating aggression; teen dating violence; victimization; youth |
| Volume: | 178 |
| Number of pages: | 19 |
| First page: | 59 |
| Last Page: | 77 |
| Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
| DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 37 Bildung und Erziehung / 370 Bildung und Erziehung |
| 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit | |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
