TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescent girls' responses to warning signs of abuse in romantic relationships
T2 - Implications for youth-targeted relationship abuse prevention.
AU - Murphy, Kylie
AU - Smith, David I.
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: month (773h) = April; Journal title (773t) = Journal of Interpersonal Violence: concerned with the study and treatment of victims and perpetrators of physical and sexual violence. ISSNs: 0886-2605;
PY - 2010/4
Y1 - 2010/4
N2 - This study explored adolescent girls' experiences of, and responses to, seven domains of partner behavior that are considered to be early warning signs of relationship abuse. Girls (N = 146) aged 14 to 18 years, attending schools in a semirural area, completed a purpose-built questionnaire, providing measures of self-reported exposure, perceived seriousness, and proposed response protectiveness in relation to each domain. Substantial proportions of girls (a) reported exposure to each of the domains, (b) lacked awareness particularly of the risks associated with jealous/possessive partner behaviors, and (c) regardless of their level of risk awareness, lacked knowledge of behavioral responses that might discourage continued warning-sign behaviors by their partners in all domains except for social restriction tactics. The implications of these findings for youth-targeted relationship abuse prevention are discussed.
AB - This study explored adolescent girls' experiences of, and responses to, seven domains of partner behavior that are considered to be early warning signs of relationship abuse. Girls (N = 146) aged 14 to 18 years, attending schools in a semirural area, completed a purpose-built questionnaire, providing measures of self-reported exposure, perceived seriousness, and proposed response protectiveness in relation to each domain. Substantial proportions of girls (a) reported exposure to each of the domains, (b) lacked awareness particularly of the risks associated with jealous/possessive partner behaviors, and (c) regardless of their level of risk awareness, lacked knowledge of behavioral responses that might discourage continued warning-sign behaviors by their partners in all domains except for social restriction tactics. The implications of these findings for youth-targeted relationship abuse prevention are discussed.
KW - Abuse
KW - Adolescents
KW - Intimate partner violence
KW - Prevention
KW - Romantic relationships
U2 - 10.1177/0886260509334392
DO - 10.1177/0886260509334392
M3 - Article
VL - 25
SP - 626
EP - 647
JO - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
JF - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
SN - 0886-2605
IS - 4
ER -