Prevalence of teen dating violence and the associations with substance use and externalizing behaviors in Nicaraguan early adolescents
| Autor: | Jonathan Pettigrew, Jeffrey Temple, Yu Lu, Vi Donna Le, YoungJu Shin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Public health Incidence (epidemiology) 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Substance type 050109 social psychology medicine.disease Education Substance abuse medicine Early adolescents 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Teen dating violence Substance use Psychology Health implications 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Health Education. 120:165-177 |
| ISSN: | 0965-4283 |
| Popis: | PurposeDespite being a significant public health problem, teen dating violence and related risk behaviors are yet to be examined in Nicaragua. This study aims to examine the prevalence of in-person dating violence and cyber dating abuse and to test the associations between teen dating violence and substance use (i.e. alcohol, cigarette, marijuana and e-cigarette) as well as externalizing behaviors.Design/methodology/approachSurvey responses were collected from a school-based sample of 1,799 Nicaraguan early adolescents (average age = 13.04 years).FindingsThe prevalence was 41% for in-person dating violence victimization, 39% for in-person dating violence perpetration, 30% for cyber dating abuse victimization and 26% for cyber dating abuse perpetration. The majority (56%) of the adolescents reported engagement in externalizing behaviors, but substance use prevalence was relatively low, ranging from 1–9% depending on the substance type. Multivariate regression analyses suggest that in-person dating violence perpetration was positively associated with all types of substance use and externalizing behaviors, while victimization was only associated with externalizing behaviors.Originality/valueDespite the descriptive nature, the study is the first to examine the prevalence of teen dating violence and its relationships with other risk behaviors in Nicaraguan adolescents and have important health implications. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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