Prevalence of teen dating victimization among a representative sample of high school students in Quebec

dc.contributor.authorHébert, M., Blais, M., & Lavoie, F.
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-16T19:15:38Z
dc.date.available2018-05-16T19:15:38Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe present study aimed to (1) examine prevalence rates and frequency of dating violence victimization among a representative sample of Quebec high school adolescents and (2) explore possible gender differences in these rates as well as in perceived impact of victimization. Method: A sample of 8,194 students completed questionnaires evaluating dating victimization in the past 12 months as well as perceived impacts. Results: Results show that psychological violence is the most frequent form of dating victimization reported. Girls are more likely to report experiences of psychological, physical, threatening behaviors as well as sexual dating victimization than boys. Analyses on different indicators of the impact of victimization (i.e. feelings of fear, distress and post-traumatic stress symptoms) reveal that teenage girls are more vulnerable to sustaining more pervasive impacts than boys. Conclusions: The findings underscore dating violence as a prevalent public health problem. A significant number of teens report dating victimization with girls more likely than boys to perceive negative impacts associated with the coercive behaviors experienced.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHébert, M., Blais, M., & Lavoie, F. (2017). Prevalence of teen dating victimization among a representative sample of high school students in Quebec. International journal of clinical and health psychology, 17(3), 225-233.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1697260017300364
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3834
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational journal of clinical and health psychologyen_US
dc.subjectteen dating violenceen_US
dc.subjectimpacten_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.titlePrevalence of teen dating victimization among a representative sample of high school students in Quebecen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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