Adolescent Dating Violence in Context: Introduction and Overview

• NCJ Number: 231840
• Journal: Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma Volume: 19 Issue: 5 Dated: July/August 2010 Pages: 465-468
• Author(s): Patricia K. Kerig
• Date Published: July 2010
• Length: 4 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Special Issue: Part 1 see NCJ-231841-45.

Annotation

This article presents an overview of this issue of the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma that focuses on new research investigating the contextual factors that increase the risk of adolescent dating violence.

Abstract

This article introduces the first part of a two-part special issue featuring new directions in research on adolescent dating violence. The articles in this issue cohere around the theme of contextual factors that increase the risk of intimate partner aggression in the teenage years. Contextual factors of focus by the contributors to this issue include exposure to violence in the media, ethnic diversity, gender dynamics, affective meaning, and psychiatric institutionalization. Taken together, the work presented in this special issue helps to shed new light on the "dark side of courtship" (Lloyd & Emery, 2000) and to broaden our understanding of the contexts that increase the risk of adolescent dating aggression. References (Published Abstract)