The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 151, Issue 5 , Pages 476-481, November 2007

Long-Term Impact of Adolescent Dating Violence on the Behavioral and Psychological Health of Male and Female Youth

  • Diann M. Ackard, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Private Practice, Golden Valley, Minnesota
    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Diann M. Ackard, PhD, 5101 Olson Memorial Hwy, Ste 4001, Golden Valley, MN 55422.
    • ,
  • Marla E. Eisenberg, ScD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
    • ,
  • Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Received 3 November 2006; received in revised form 1 February 2007; accepted 16 April 2007. published online 28 July 2007.

Objective

To evaluate the long-term impact of adolescent dating violence (ADV) on behavioral and psychological health.

Study design

From a diverse sample of older adolescents who completed Project EAT in 1999 (wave 1) and 2004 (wave 2; mean age 20.4), 23 male and 102 female adolescents reporting ADV were compared with 671 male and 720 female adolescents reporting no ADV.

Results

ADV was positively associated with cigarette smoking and suicide attempts for both sexes, binge-eating and suicidal ideation in male adolescents, and smoking marijuana and high depressive symptoms in female adolescents in analyses unadjusted for wave 1 outcomes. In analyses adjusted for wave 1, in female adolescents, ADV was significantly associated with smoking cigarettes, marijuana use, and high depressive symptoms and marginally associated with suicide attempts; in male adolescents, ADV was significantly associated with smoking cigarettes and marginally associated with binge-eating and suicidal ideation. ADV was significantly associated with an overall high-risk profile (presence ≥3 health outcomes) for both sexes; results remained significant in female adolescents after adjusting for wave 1.

Conclusions

ADV is associated with greater likelihood of problematic health factors and increases nonspecific risk toward behavioral and psychological impairment in youth, particularly female adolescents.

Abbreviations: ADV, Adolescent dating violence

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 Supported by a grant (R40 MC 00319-02; D.N-S., principal investigator) from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Title V, Social Security Act), Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services. The funding agency supported the collection and analysis of the data; study design, interpretation of data analyses, writing of the report, and submission decisions are the sole responsibility of the authors.

PII: S0022-3476(07)00362-9

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.04.034

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