Patterns and bidirectionality of Teen Dating Violence acted and suffered: an exploratory study on risk factors related to the involvement in relational Teen Dating Violence acted in a sample of adolescents from Campania region

Journal title MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA
Author/s Margherita Santamato, Roberto Marcone, Anna Sorrentino
Publishing Year 2024 Issue 2024/1
Language Italian Pages 26 P. 101-126 File size 259 KB
DOI 10.3280/MAL2024-001006
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TDV is a pervasive problem among young adolescents involving boys and girls as both perpetrators and victims. Very few studies have been carried out in Europe and Italy, and fewer have focused on gender differences in the different types of TVD. To this aim, an exploratory study was carried out involving 70 girls aged between 15 and 17 years (M = 15.61, SD = 0.64), aimed at investigating whether the differ-ent types of TDV acted and suffered, bullying, cognitive and affective empathy, witnessing do-mestic violence, childhood abuse, and perceived levels of social support were asso-ciated with engagement as the perpetrator in relational TDV behaviors. The results show that the perpetration of relational TDV is associated with relational and physi-cal TDV victimization, high levels of affective empathy, and childhood abuse. Per-petration of relational TDV is also significantly and negatively associated with physi-cal TDV acted. The results are discussed in terms of practical implications.

Keywords: Teen Dating Violence, Relational TDV, Risk factors, Gender differences; Aggressive behaviors

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Margherita Santamato, Roberto Marcone, Anna Sorrentino, Pattern e bidirezionalità dei comportamenti di Teen Dating Violence: uno studio esplorativo sui fattori di rischio in un gruppo di adolescenti campane in "MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA" 1/2024, pp 101-126, DOI: 10.3280/MAL2024-001006