1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«[T]he present study aims to (1) determine the prevalence rates of dating violence victimization among CSA [child sexual abuse] victims of both genders, and (2) investigate the association of CSA with different forms of dating violence (psychological, physical and sexual) while controlling for sociodemographic characteristics and other childhood interpersonal traumas (witnessing violence against someone, exposure to interparental violence and physical abuse) within a large representative sample of high school students.» (p. 53)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«Data collected in the Quebec Youths’ Romantic Relationships Project (YRRP) were used for this study. The YRRP is a longitudinal study that aims to document dating violence among youths aged 14 to 18 and the associated risk factors and consequences. During the first wave of the study, participants were recruited by using a one-stage stratified cluster sampling of high schools. […] The present analyses rely on the weighed sample of participants from the first wave.» (p. 53) «The weighed sample size consists of 6531 youths.» (p. 53)

Instruments :
Questionnaire

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«In accordance with past findings, overall rates of dating victimization were significantly higher among CSA victims than non-victims for all forms of dating victimization. CSA was linked not only to sexual dating violence, but also to psychological and physical manifestations of violence in the context of early romantic relationships. Thus, sexual abuse sustained in childhood may have an overreaching effect on other interpersonal experiences in adolescent dating experiences that are not limited to the realm of sexual health. […] Adverse childhood life events that predicted later dating victimization were identical for both girls and boys on all three forms of violence, except for sexual violence where exposure to psychological interparental violence was only significant for female victims of CSA. […] Except for witnessing violence against someone else for girls, inspection of odds ratios indicated that CSA increased the risk of experiencing all forms of dating violence more than any other trauma assessed. On average, odds ratios were considerably higher for CSA boys on all three forms of dating victimization compared to CSA girls, in particular for sexual victimization […].» (p. 57)