Shared Risk Factors for the Perpetration of Physical Dating Violence, Bullying, and XXXX Among Adolescents Exposed to Domestic Violence.

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UNASSIGNED: The high risk of perpetrating physical dating violence, bullying, and @entity458 by adolescents exposed to domestic violence points to the need for programs to prevent these types of @entity146 among this group. This study of adolescents exposed to domestic violence examined whether these forms of @entity146 share risk factors that could be targeted for change in single programs designed to prevent all three types of @entity146 . Analyses were conducted on 399 mother victims of domestic violence and their adolescents, recruited through community advertising. The adolescents ranged in age from 12 to 16  years; 64  % were female. Generalized estimating equations was used to control for the covariation among the @entity146 types when testing for shared risk factors. Approximately 70  % of the adolescents reported perpetrating at least one of the three forms of @entity146 . In models examining one risk factor at a time, but controlling for demographics, adolescent acceptance of @entity458 , mother-adolescent discord, family conflict, low maternal monitoring, low mother-adolescent closeness, low family cohesion, @entity308 affect, feelings of anger, and anger reactivity were shared across all three @entity146 types. In multivariable models, which included all of the risk factors examined and the demographic variables, low maternal monitoring, @entity308 affect and anger reactivity remained significant shared risk factors. Our findings suggest that programs targeting these risk factors for change have the potential to prevent all three forms of @entity146 . In multivariable models, poor conflict management skills was a risk for bullying and @entity458 , but not dating violence; acceptance of dating violence was a risk for dating violence and bullying, but not @entity458 ; and none of the examined risk factors were unique to @entity146 type. The study's implications for the development of interventions and future research are discussed.
