Teen Dating Violence in US High School Students

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Research Article| June 01 2015 Teen Dating Violence in US High School Students AAP Grand Rounds (2015) 33 (6): 65. https://doi.org/10.1542/gr.33-6-65 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Teen Dating Violence in US High School Students. AAP Grand Rounds June 2015; 33 (6): 65. https://doi.org/10.1542/gr.33-6-65 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All PublicationsAll JournalsAAP Grand RoundsPediatricsHospital PediatricsPediatrics In ReviewNeoReviewsAAP NewsAll AAP Sites Search Advanced Search Topics: high schools, violence Source: Vagi KJ, Olsen EO, Basile KC, et al. Teen dating violence (physical and sexual) among US high school students: findings from the 2013 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey. JAMA Pediatrics. 2015; 169(5): 474– 482; doi: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.3577Google Scholar Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sought to determine the prevalence of teen dating violence (TDV) and to assess associations of TDV with health-risk behaviors. Researchers used data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance (YRBS), which is administered to a nationally representative sample of students in grades 9 to 12. New questions in the 2013 YRBS addressed physical TDV (“How many times did someone you were dating or going out with physically hurt you on purpose? Count such things as being hit, slammed into something, or injured with an object or weapon”) and sexual TDV (“How many times did someone you were dating or going out with force you to do sexual things that you did not want to do? Count such things as kissing, touching or being physically forced to have sexual intercourse”) in the previous 12 months. Responses to the TDV questions were dichotomized into 0 times or 1 or more times. The physical and sexual TDV question responses were combined to create a 4-level TDV measure (“physical TDV only,” “sexual TDV only,” “both physical and sexual TDV,” and “none”) and a 2-level TDV measure (“any TDV” indicating either or both physical and sexual TDV and “none”). Associations of TDV and health-risk behaviors (suicidal ideation and attempts, violence and bullying, alcohol and other drug use, and sexual risk behaviors) were assessed by logistic regression models and presented as adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR). Data from 13,097 surveys were analyzed. Seventy-five percent and 72.8% of females and males, respectively, had dated in the previous 12 months, respectively. Among females, the prevalence of TDV was 6.6% for physical only, 8.0% for sexual only, 6.4% for both physical and sexual, and 20.9% for any TDV in the 12 months prior to the survey. Among males, the prevalence of TDV was 4.1% for physical only, 2.9% for sexual only, 3.3% for both physical and sexual, and 10.4% for any TDV. Most students who experienced TDV experienced >1 incident. Every risk behavior was more prevalent among students who had experienced both physical and sexual TDV (eg, female attempted suicide aPR = 39.5 [95% CI, 32.2–47.3]) and least prevalent among students who experienced no TDV. The investigators conclude that both physical and sexual TDV are prevalent among US high school students and that the experience of TDV is associated with health-risk behaviors. Dr Wong has disclosed no financial relationship relevant to this commentary. This commentary does not contain a discussion of an unapproved/investigative use of a commercial product/device. TDV is a form of intimate partner violence that includes physical, sexual, psychological, or emotional violence within a dating relationship. With recent prominent coverage of sexual assault on college campuses and data demonstrating... You do not currently have access to this content.