Medicus, Vol. 18 No. 2_Adolescencija, 2009.
Review article
Adolescents’ Dating Violence
Marina Ajduković
; Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Silvija Ručević
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta ”J. J. Strossmayer” u Osijeku
Abstract
Over the past decades teen dating has emerged as a significant social and public health problem. Dating violence ranges from emotional and verbal abuse to different forms of psychical and sexual violence. The focus of this article is two fold. The first one is to provide an overview of the relevant international and Croatian research on dating violence, with a special emphasis on its extension and potential risk factors for perpetrators and victims. The second one is to critically review the existing prevention and intervention programs targeting adolescent dating violence. The article presents the data from a recent Croatian study covering 1,422 urban adolescents, 13 to 19 years of age and of both genders. The study revealed that approximately 7.5% males and 11.5% females have threatened to use physical violence, and that 4% males and 8% females have reported to be physically violent in their relations. At the same time, 4.9% males and 6.5% females have reported to be the victims of physical violence in thei r relationships. The correlation between threats and violence was 0.44 for males and 0.59 for females.
Keywords
adolescents; dating violence; risk factors; prevention and interventions
Hrčak ID:
57576
URI
Publication date:
20.7.2009.
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