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Neighborhood predictors of dating violence victimization and perpetration in young adulthood: a multilevel study.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20634470     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: We examined whether social processes of neighborhoods, such as collective efficacy, during individual's adolescent years affect the likelihood of being involved in physical dating violence during young adulthood.
METHODS: Using longitudinal data on 633 urban youths aged 13 to 19 years at baseline and data from their neighborhoods (collected by the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods), we ran multilevel linear regression models separately by gender to assess the association between collective efficacy and physical dating violence victimization and perpetration, controlling for individual covariates, neighborhood poverty, and perceived neighborhood violence.
RESULTS: Females were significantly more likely than were males to be perpetrators of dating violence during young adulthood (38% vs 19%). Multilevel analyses revealed some variation in dating violence at the neighborhood level, partly accounted for by collective efficacy. Collective efficacy was predictive of victimization for males but not females after control for confounders; it was marginally associated with perpetration (P=.07). The effects of collective efficacy varied by neighborhood poverty. Finally, a significant proportion (intraclass correlation=14%-21%) of the neighborhood-level variation in male perpetration remained unexplained after modeling.
CONCLUSIONS: Community-level strategies may be useful in preventing dating violence.
Authors:
Sonia Jain; Stephen L Buka; S V Subramanian; Beth E Molnar
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.     Date:  2010-07-15
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of public health     Volume:  100     ISSN:  1541-0048     ISO Abbreviation:  Am J Public Health     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-13     Completed Date:  2010-09-14     Revised Date:  2012-09-28    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  1254074     Medline TA:  Am J Public Health     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1737-44     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. sjain@wested.org
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Adult
Chicago
Courtship*
Crime Victims*
Female
Humans
Interpersonal Relations*
Linear Models
Male
Poverty
Residence Characteristics*
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Urban Population
Violence*
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
1 K25 HL081275/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; 2T76MC00001-51//PHS HHS; R49/CCR115279-04//PHS HHS
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