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What Is Dating Violence?

2005; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 3; Issue: 1-2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1300/j222v03n01_01

1537-7946

Alisa Smith, Kristin Winokur, Joseph Palenski,

Crime Patterns and Interventions

Abstract Dating violence is prevalent among Hispanic adolescents, yet few incidents are reported to the police. This research explored the severity of adolescent definitions as one potential reason for its under-reporting. It was expected that some adolescents might define only the most severe violence as "dating violence" and as a consequence these incidents are under-reported. Hispanic adolescent definitions of dating violence were examined along with factorsgeneral acceptance of dating violence, peer support of dating violence, acculturation, victimization experience, and sex-that might be related to the construction of these definitions. Acculturation, victimization experience, and sex were found to significantly contribute to the severity of adolescent definitions.