A Longitudinal Perspective on Dating Violence Among Adolescent and College-Age Women
Paige Hall Smith, PhD,
Jacquelyn W. White, PhD and
Lindsay J. Holland, MS
Paige Hall Smith is with the Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Jacquelyn W. White is with the Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. At the time of the study, Lindsay J. Holland was with the Department of Psychology, Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tenn.
Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Paige Hall Smith, PhD, Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 274026170 (e-mail: phsmith{at}uncg.edu).
Objectives. We investigated physical assault in dating relationshipsand its co-occurrence with sexual assault from high school throughcollege.
Methods. Two classes of university women (n = 1569) completed5 surveys during their 4 years in college.
Results. Women who were physically assaulted as adolescentswere at greater risk for revictimization during their freshmanyear (relative risk = 2.96); each subsequent year, women whohave experienced violence remained at greater risk for revictimizationthan those who have not. Across all years, women who were physicallyassaulted in any year were significantly more likely to be sexuallyassaulted that same year. Adolescent victimization was a betterpredictor of college victimization than was childhood victimization.
Conclusions. There is a need for dating violence prevention/interventionprograms in high school and college and for research on factorsthat reduce revictimization.
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