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From Family Violence to Dating Violence: Testing a Dual Pathway Model

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Risk factors for adolescent perpetration of or victimization by dating violence stem from different levels of adolescents’ social ecologies, including the family, individual, and peer domains. However, these multiple risk factors have not been fully integrated into a single comprehensive model of dating violence development. The present study examined prospective links between exposure to family violence in pre-adolescence; pro-violent beliefs, aggression, deviant peer affiliation, and aggression toward opposite-sex peers in early adolescence and dating violence in late adolescence. Using a longitudinal study of 461 youth (51 % female; 80 % African American, 19 % Caucasian, 1 % other ethnicities), path modeling evaluated a theoretically developed dual pathway model involving a general violence pathway and an early romantic aggression pathway. Each pathway links exposure to family violence in pre-adolescence with early adolescent pro-violent beliefs and/or aggressive behavior. In both pathways, pro-violent beliefs may reinforce aggressive behaviors between same-sex and opposite-sex peers, as well as strengthen bonds with deviant peers. In the last part of both pathways, aggressive behavior and peer deviance in early adolescence may contribute directly to late adolescent dating violence perpetration and victimization. The findings provided support for both pathways, as well as sex differences in the model.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by Grants K01DA024700 from the National Institutes of Health to the second author and R49-CCR418569 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the third author.

Authors’ Contributions

A. M. M. conceived of the goals of the study, participated in its design, and drafted the manuscript; S. M. designed the study, drafted portions of the manuscript, and revised the manuscript; M. W. designed the study and provided feedback on all revisions. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Miami, 5665 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, USA

    Anjana Madan Morris

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Ave South, CH415, Birmingham, AL, 35294-1170, USA

    Sylvie Mrug

  3. Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA

    Michael Windle

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Morris, A.M., Mrug, S. & Windle, M. From Family Violence to Dating Violence: Testing a Dual Pathway Model. J Youth Adolescence 44, 1819–1835 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-015-0328-7

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