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Peer influence on IPV by young adult males: Investigating the case for a social norms approach
McKool M , Stephenson R , Winskell K , Teten Tharp A , Parrott D . J Interpers Violence 2021 36 83-102 Nearly 32% of women report experiencing physical violence from an intimate partner and more than 8% report being raped by a significant other in their lifetime. Young people's perceptions that their peers perpetrate relationship violence have been shown to increase the odds of self-reported perpetration. Yet, limited research has been conducted on this relationship as individuals begin to age out of adolescence. The present study sought to examine the link between the perception of peer perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV) and self-reported IPV perpetration among a sample of predominately young adult (21-35 years) males. This study also explored the discordance between the perception of peer IPV behavior and self-reported perpetration. Data from 101 male peer dyads (n = 202) were taken from a study on the effects of alcohol and bystander intervention in Atlanta, Georgia. Thirty-six percent (n = 73) of men reported perpetrating physical IPV and 67% (n = 135) reported perpetrating sexual IPV in the past 12 months. Nearly 35% (n = 55) of the sample reported that none of their peers had perpetrated physical IPV, which contradicted their friend's self-report of physical IPV perpetration. Similarly, 68% (n = 115) of the men perceived none of their peers to have perpetrated sexual IPV, which contradicted their friend's self-report of sexual IPV perpetration. Discordance variables were significantly associated with self-reported perpetration for both physical (χ(2) = 152.7, p < .01) and sexual (χ(2) = 164.4, p < .01) IPV. These results point to an underestimation of peer IPV perpetration among young adult males. Findings suggest a traditional social norms approach to IPV prevention, which seeks to persuade individuals that negative behaviors are less common than perceived, may not be the best approach given a significant number of men believed their friends were nonviolent when they had perpetrated violence. |
Adolescent dating violence in context
Mercy JA , Teten Tharp A . Am J Prev Med 2015 49 (3) 441-4 The quality of our relationships lies at the heart of our health and well-being. The relationships we have with our romantic partners, our children, other family members, friends, coworkers, and even casual acquaintances shape our lives in profound ways. Romantic relationships are perhaps among the most central in shaping the contour of our lives. Violence, of course, severely undermines and, in many cases, can destroy these relationships that are so important to our health and well-being. Understanding and preventing adolescent dating violence (ADV) is critical because it represents the first outward manifestation of violence in the context of romantic relationships that a girl or boy directly experiences. As such, what we do as a society to address ADV sets the stage for the extent to which violence continues to be a part of teen romantic relationships as well as for future population levels of intimate partner violence Figure 1. |
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