Parenting Profiles Associated with Adolescent Relationship Aggression: Results from STRiV

• In Event: Dating Violence and Harassment among Adolescents: Findings from Recent National Surveys

Abstract

Although increasing attention has been paid to adolescent relationship aggression (ARA) through school and media prevention campaigns, there has been limited attention to the linkages of adolescent experiences with their home environments. The purpose of this research is to investigate parenting profiles associated with ARA, including experiences of ARA perpetration as well as victimization, using the National Survey on Teen Relationships and Intimate Violence (STRiV).
STRiV was completed in early 2014 and includes cross-sectional data on 2,354 adolescents (10-18), each matched with adult responses to a separate parent/caregiver (PCG) survey. Online surveys were administered to a nationally representative sample. Adolescents were interviewed regarding their dating history and ARA experiences as well as parental monitoring and exposure to parental violence. PCGs were interviewed about their own current relationship quality, attitudes about relationships and domestic violence, parental monitoring, parent-child relationship quality, and child characteristics. Controlling for adolescent age and gender, this paper will present analyses of the association of between ARA outcomes and parenting attitudes, traits, personal experiences, and monitoring behaviors.
Implications for prevention efforts that target populations in need of support will be discussed.

Authors

• Elizabeth Mumford, NORC at the University of Chicago

• Bruce Taylor, NORC at the University of Chicago