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Carolyn Tucker Halpern, Selene G. Oslak, and Sandra L. Martin are with the Department of Maternal and Child Health and Mary L. Young and Lawrence L. Kupper are with the Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Carolyn Tucker Halpern, PhD, Department of Maternal and Child Health, CB# 7400, 427 Rosenau Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599–7400 (e-mail: carolyn_halpern{at}unc.edu).
Objectives. This report examines (1) the prevalence of psychological and minor physical violence victimization in a nationally representative sample of adolescents and (2) associations between sociodemographic factors and victimization.
Methods. Analyses are based on 7500 adolescents who reported exclusively heterosexual romantic relationships in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Items from the Conflict Tactics Scale were used to measure victimization. Associations between victimization patterns and sociodemographic characteristics were assessed with polytomous logistic regression.
Results. One third of adolescents reported some type of victimization, and 12% reported physical violence victimization. Although most sociodemographic characteristics were significantly associated with victimization, patterns varied by sex and type of victimization.
Conclusions. Psychological and minor physical violence victimization is common in opposite-sex romantic relationships during adolescence. The sex-specific associations between sociodemographic characteristics and patterns of partner violence victimization underscore the importance of pursuing longitudinal, theory-driven investigations of the characteristics and developmental histories of both partners in a couple to advance understanding of this public health problem.
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