Sociology, Department of
Date of this Version
2011
Abstract
This study examines the effects of poor parenting on dating violence perpetration and victimization among approximately 900 males and females from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Results revealed that more physical abuse and low parental warmth were linked to greater substance use and higher rates of delinquency. In addition, low parental warmth, more neglect, and greater delinquency had positive direct effects on dating violence perpetration, whereas more physical abuse, low parental warmth, and increased delinquency were all positively associated with dating violence victimization. Finally, delinquency mediated the link between low parental warmth and dating violence perpetration and victimization. The results provide some support for both social learning theory and an antisocial orientation perspective.
Comments
Published in Violence and Victims 26:2 (2011), pp. 218-230; doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.26.2.218 Copyright © 2011 Springer Publishing Company. Used by permission.