The Stability of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood in Sexual Minorities

• NCJ Number: 253396
• Author(s): Ryan C. Shorey; Paula J. Fite; Joseph R. Cohen; Gregory L. stuart; Jeff R.. Temple
• Date Published: June 2018
• Length: 3 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2016-R2-CX-0035; 2012-WG-BX-0005
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical); Report (Study/Research); Report (Grant Sponsored); Program/Project Description
• Award: Continuation of Dating It Safe: A Longitudinal Study on Teen Dating Violence; A longitudinal examination of teen dating violence from adolescence to young adulthood

Annotation

This study examined the stability of physical and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration from adolescence to emerging adulthood among sexual minorities.

Abstract

Adolescents who identified as a sexual minority (N=135; 71.1 percent female; mean age=15.02, standard deviation=.77; 34.1 percent African-American/Black, 26.7 percent White, 22.2 percent Hispanic) from southeast Texas were assessed annually for 6 years on their IPV perpetration. Structural equation modeling demonstrated that physical IPV perpetration was modestly stable across years 1-4 (24.6 percent, 24.6 percent, 26.4 percent, and 21.6 percent, respectively), decreased in year 5 (18.6 percent), and increased in year 6 (24.5 percent). The stability of sexual IPV perpetration was high across all 6 years (14.3 percent, 13 percent, 14.9 percent, 10.8 percent, 12.4 percent, and 14.4 percent). (publisher abstract modified)