TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between dating violence and psychosocial problems in a sample of adolescent pregnancy termination patients
AU - Ely, Gretchen E.
AU - Nugent, William R.
AU - Flaherty, Chris
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The relationship between dating violence and 13 psychosocial problems, conceptually organized into three symptom clusters - depressive, family problem, and posttraumatic stress - was investigated in a sample of adolescent pregnancy termination patients, ages 14 to 21. Results of a multivariate multiple-regression analysis indicated that, after controlling for age, ethnicity, general aggression problems, and problems with peers, dating violence was significantly related with the symptoms clusters. At the univariate level, the results suggested that dating violence was significantly related with self-esteem problems, guilt, and suicidal thinking from the depressive symptoms cluster and with guilt and stress from the posttraumatic stress cluster. The implications of these findings are discussed.
AB - The relationship between dating violence and 13 psychosocial problems, conceptually organized into three symptom clusters - depressive, family problem, and posttraumatic stress - was investigated in a sample of adolescent pregnancy termination patients, ages 14 to 21. Results of a multivariate multiple-regression analysis indicated that, after controlling for age, ethnicity, general aggression problems, and problems with peers, dating violence was significantly related with the symptoms clusters. At the univariate level, the results suggested that dating violence was significantly related with self-esteem problems, guilt, and suicidal thinking from the depressive symptoms cluster and with guilt and stress from the posttraumatic stress cluster. The implications of these findings are discussed.
KW - Abortion patients
KW - Adolescents
KW - Dating violence
KW - Psychosocial problems
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U2 - 10.1891/0886-6708.24.5.577
DO - 10.1891/0886-6708.24.5.577
M3 - Article
C2 - 19852400
AN - SCOPUS:70350162356
SN - 0886-6708
VL - 24
SP - 577
EP - 590
JO - Violence and Victims
JF - Violence and Victims
IS - 5
ER -