Perpetration of Partner Violence Among Adolescents from Violent Homes

青少年伴侣暴力是一个重要的社会和健康问题， 潜在的可怕后果。青少年接触IPV也是一个问题， 与非暴力家庭的儿童相比， 更有可能对自己的约会伙伴和配偶采取暴力行为。但并非 所有接触IPV的年轻人都会对他人采取暴力行为。事实上，虽然 目睹IPV增加了APV犯罪的风险，许多目睹IPV的年轻人 在亲密关系中不会变得暴力不幸的是， 为什么IPV家庭中的一些年轻人在后来的关系中会有暴力行为， 而另一些则不是。研究的主要目的是：（a）确定 预测APV在6个月内实施的潜在可塑性变量 在家庭特征为IPV的年轻人样本中，（B）评估 从经验研究和理论中得出的概念模型，用于预测 （c）开发和测试一个全面的概念模型， 包括其他，更有限的模型预测APV的犯罪。的 拟议中的研究将招募并跟踪大约240名14至17岁的青少年， 月期间。青少年和他们的母亲将从提供 向具有IPV特征的家庭提供服务（家庭暴力机构、法院）。全面 评估将在两个不同的时间点进行，间隔3个月。电话 在整个6个月内，将每2周进行一次APV评估 参与期间。具体而言，每次全面评估之后， 6-与青少年进行了一个月的电话联系，以获得关于APV的数据。期间 每次综合评估，数据将直接从 青少年，他们的母亲，和一个朋友提名的青少年。期间 每两周评估一次，将从青少年中收集数据。这项研究将 为青少年生长发育过程中APV的病因形成过程提供见解 在高度紧张的情况下。除了对科学的贡献， 拟议的研究将为干预和预防计划提供信息， 来自暴力家庭的青少年确定风险和保护因素， 他们预测APV将促进有针对性的发展的过程 旨在预防或阻止APV发展的干预措施。

Adolescent partner violence (APV) is an important social and health problem with potentially dire consequences. Youth exposure to IPV is also a problem, and children from families characterized by IPV, compared to children from nonviolent families, are more likely to act violently toward their own dating partners and spouses. However, not all youth exposed to IPV go on to act violently toward others. In fact, although the witnessing of IPV increases risk for perpetration of APV, many youth who witness IPV do not become violent in their intimate relationships. Unfortunately, very little is known about why some youth in families characterized by IPV are violent in later relationships, while others are not. The primary goals of the proposed research are to (a) identify potentially malleable variables that predict APV perpetration over a period of 6 months in a sample of youth whose families are characterized by IPV, (b) evaluate the utility of conceptual models derived from empirical research and theory for predicting the perpetration of APV, and (c) develop and test a comprehensive conceptual model that subsumes other, more circumscribed models for predicting the perpetration of APV. The proposed research will recruit and follow approximately 240 14- to 17-year-olds over a 6- month period. Adolescents and their mothers will be recruited from agencies providing services to families characterized by IPV (DV agencies, courts). Comprehensive assessments will be conducted at two separate time points, 3 months apart. Phone assessments of APV will be conducted every 2 weeks throughout the 6-month participation period. Specifically, each comprehensive assessment will be followed by a 6-month series of telephone contacts with the adolescents to obtain data on APV. During each of the comprehensive assessments, data will be collected directly from the adolescents, their mothers, and a friend nominated by the adolescents. During the biweekly assessments, data will be collected from the adolescents. This research will offer insights into the processes that shape the etiology of APV for adolescents growing up in highly stressful circumstances. In addition to its contributions to science, the proposed research will inform intervention and prevention programs designed for adolescents from violent homes. Identification of risk and protective factors and the processes by which they predict APV will facilitate the development of targeted interventions designed to prevent or arrest the development of APV.