TY - JOUR
T1 - The Stability of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood in Sexual Minorities
AU - Shorey, Ryan C.
AU - Fite, Paula J.
AU - Cohen, Joseph R.
AU - Stuart, Gregory L.
AU - Temple, Jeff R.
N1 - Funding Information:
The current manuscript was supported, in part, by grants 2016-R2-CX-0035 and 2012-WG-BX-0005 from the National Institute of Justice awarded to Drs. Shorey and Temple, respectively; grant K24AA019707 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism awarded to Dr. Stuart; and grant K23HD059916 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development awarded to Dr. Temple. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or National Institute of Justice.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
PY - 2018/6
Y1 - 2018/6
N2 - Purpose: The objective of this study was to examine the stability of physical and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration from adolescence to emerging adulthood among sexual minorities. Methods: Adolescents who identified as a sexual minority (N = 135; 71.1% female; mean age = 15.02, standard deviation =.77; 34.1% African-American/black, 26.7% white, 22.2% Hispanic) from southeast Texas were assessed annually for 6 years on their IPV perpetration. Results: Structural equation modeling demonstrated that physical IPV perpetration was modestly stable across years 1–4 (24.6%, 24.6%, 26.4%, and 21.6%, respectively), decreased in year 5 (18.6%), and increased in year 6 (24.5%). The stability of sexual IPV perpetration was high across all 6 years (14.3%, 13%, 14.9%, 10.8%, 12.4%, and 14.4%). Conclusions: This is the first study to examine the stability of IPV perpetration among sexual minority adolescents. Findings suggest that the development of interventions for IPV among sexual minority adolescents is needed, as IPV is unlikely to desist from adolescence to emerging adulthood.
AB - Purpose: The objective of this study was to examine the stability of physical and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration from adolescence to emerging adulthood among sexual minorities. Methods: Adolescents who identified as a sexual minority (N = 135; 71.1% female; mean age = 15.02, standard deviation =.77; 34.1% African-American/black, 26.7% white, 22.2% Hispanic) from southeast Texas were assessed annually for 6 years on their IPV perpetration. Results: Structural equation modeling demonstrated that physical IPV perpetration was modestly stable across years 1–4 (24.6%, 24.6%, 26.4%, and 21.6%, respectively), decreased in year 5 (18.6%), and increased in year 6 (24.5%). The stability of sexual IPV perpetration was high across all 6 years (14.3%, 13%, 14.9%, 10.8%, 12.4%, and 14.4%). Conclusions: This is the first study to examine the stability of IPV perpetration among sexual minority adolescents. Findings suggest that the development of interventions for IPV among sexual minority adolescents is needed, as IPV is unlikely to desist from adolescence to emerging adulthood.
KW - Adolescence
KW - Intimate partner violence
KW - Sexual minority
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.11.307
DO - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.11.307
M3 - Article
C2 - 29525289
AN - SCOPUS:85042911860
SN - 1054-139X
VL - 62
SP - 747
EP - 749
JO - Journal of Adolescent Health
JF - Journal of Adolescent Health
IS - 6
ER -