What is it about?
A great number of adolescent dating violence (ADV0 risk factors, defined as variables that increase the likelihood of ADV occurring (Bowen & Walker, 2015), are common across racial/ethnic subgroups. The limited research examining the relationship between race/ethnicity and ADV prevalence in the United States has typically found that AfricanAmerican, Native American, and Hispanic teens report higher rates of dating violence than whites (Children’s Safety Network, 2012; Eaton et al., 2008; Foshee et al., 2015). Dating violence the is greatest among African American adolescents (Makin-Byrd & Bierman, 2013), who are the most likely to be involved in both physical and psychological abuse (Choi,Weston, & Temple, 2017; Debnam, Waasdorp, & Bradshaw, 2016; Haynieet al. 2013; for an exception, see Alleyne- Green, et al., 2012). This chapter therefore begins with examining the risk factors that make African American, NativeAmerican, and Hispanic adolescents more vulnerable to ADV.
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Why is it important?
This study takes a non deficit approach to examining the risk AND resilience factors associated with youth of color's adolescent dating violence experiences.
Perspectives
Few studies take a non deficit approach to examining dating violence among adolescents from racial/ ethnic minority populations.
Dr. Dionne P Stephens
Florida International University
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This page is a summary of: Adolescent Dating Violence Among Ethnically Diverse Youth, January 2018, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-811797-2.00010-4.
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