Han, Sohyun C. ; Margolin, Gayla.2019-01-022019-01-022015Han, Sohyun C. ; Margolin, Gayla. (2015). Intergenerational Links in Victimization: Prosocial Friends as a Buffer. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 9(2), 153-165.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4943841/pdf/nihms746244.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4136This study investigated whether having friends who engaged in more prosocial than antisocial behaviors buffered the associations between family-of-origin aggression and later victimization. Adolescent participants (N=125) and their parents reported on different types of family aggression in early adolescence. Approximately 5 years later, adolescents reported on their victimization experiences with dating partners and friends, and their friends’ prosocial and antisocial behaviors. Only father-to-child aggression was significantly associated with dating and friend victimization, with stronger risk for females’ dating victimization. Moreover, having friends who engaged in more prosocial than antisocial behaviors had both a direct inverse relationship with dating partner victimization. This also buffered the risk for dating victimization associated with father-daughter aggression. Findings suggest that greater attention be paid to the father-daughter relationship and to the importance of having friends who engage in prosocial behaviors in the prevention of adolescents’ victimization. (Author Abstract)en-USchild abusephysical abusesexual abuseteensyouthrevictimizationlong term effectsparentingpreventionresearchArticle