Abstract
Our systematic review identified 21 quantitative articles and eight qualitative articles addressing dating violence among high risk young women. The groups of high-risk young women in this review include street-involved, justice-involved, pregnant or parenting, involved with Child Protective Services, and youth diagnosed with a mental health issue. Our meta-analysis of the quantitative articles indicated that 34% (CI = 0.24–0.45) of high-risk young women report that they have been victims of physical dating violence and 45% (CI = 0.31–0.61) of these young women report perpetrating physical dating violence. Significant moderator variables included questionnaire and timeframe. Meta-synthesis of the qualitative studies revealed that high-risk young women report perpetrating dating violence to gain power and respect, whereas women report becoming victims of dating violence due to increased vulnerability.
Highlights
It is widely known that a young woman’s personal background and life experiences impact her chances for both positive and negative outcomes
Articlesof the articles contained quantitative data reporting the proportion of young women involved with physical dating violence, and eight of the articles contained qualitative of None the articles quantitative data reporting thequalitative proportiondata
Consistent with this, the majority of the articles in our study reported victimization and perpetration rates for physical dating violence, we calculated the global prevalence rates using the proportions described as containing “at least” physical dating violence
Summary
It is widely known that a young woman’s personal background and life experiences impact her chances for both positive and negative outcomes. Key “background factors” that can lead to negative outcomes include living in unstable housing, family violence, and mental health issues [1]. Due to these background factors, certain young women are considered to be “high-risk” and are, at increased odds for a range of poor outcomes, such as low educational achievement, interpersonal difficulties, and maladjusted coping [2]. Dating violence is a key issue for young women as it is associated with many negative and long-lasting consequences [5]
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