Sancho Rosário, Sónia Caridade, Carla Gouveia, Ana Cristina Saial, Alda Portugal
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Dating violence is recognized as a global priority for research and intervention. Although legitimizing attitudes toward dating violence and personality traits are considered risk factors, their joint contribution to adolescent dating violence remains limited. This study aimed to characterize the prevalence of dating violence among adolescents and its associations with legitimizing attitudes, neuroticism and agreeableness. The study included 410 Portuguese adolescents aged 14 to 19 years (M = 17.18, SD = 1.39). Participants completed a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory-Short Form, the Attitudes Toward Dating Violence Scale and the Mini International Personality Item Pool. Results showed that 57.3% of adolescent reported perpetrating at least one form of dating violence and 58.9% reported victimization, with verbal/emotional violence being the most prevalent subtype. No significant gender, developmental stage, or interaction effects was found for overall dating violence perpetration and victimization. However, significant main effects of gender and developmental stage, as well as significant gender × developmental stage interactions, were observed for legitimizing attitudes toward psychological and physical dating violence. Boys reported higher legitimizing attitudes than girls during middle adolescence, whereas no gender differences were observed during late adolescence. Moreover, only boys showed a significant decline in legitimizing attitudes from middle to late adolescence. Perpetration and victimization were positively associated. Neuroticism and agreeableness were associated with perpetration, but only neuroticism was associated with victimization. Legitimizing attitudes explained additional variance beyond traits. These findings support prevention programs targeting violence-supportive beliefs during adolescence and inform future research on the interplay among personality traits, legitimizing attitudes and dating violence.
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The Journal of Interpersonal Violence is devoted to the study and treatment of victims and perpetrators of interpersonal violence. It provides a forum of discussion of the concerns and activities of professionals and researchers working in domestic violence, child sexual abuse, rape and sexual assault, physical child abuse, and violent crime. With its dual focus on victims and victimizers, the journal will publish material that addresses the causes, effects, treatment, and prevention of all types of violence. JIV only publishes reports on individual studies in which the scientific method is applied to the study of some aspect of interpersonal violence. Research may use qualitative or quantitative methods. JIV does not publish reviews of research, individual case studies, or the conceptual analysis of some aspect of interpersonal violence. Outcome data for program or intervention evaluations must include a comparison or control group.
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