Patterns of Partner and Non-Partner Violence Among High-risk Youth

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• Alternative Title:
  J Adolesc Health
• Personal Author:
  Heinze, Justin E. ; Carter, Patrick M. ; Epstein-Ngo, Quyen ; Zimmerman, Marc A. ; Walton, Maureen A. ; Cunningham, Rebecca M.
• Description:
  Purpose ; Perpetration of violent behavior begins to increase in adolescence and peaks in young adulthood (e.g., age 18–29) before decreasing by the early 30s. Considerable variability in reported perpetration, targets, and severity of violence suggests youth may change their violent behavior patterns over time. ; Methods ; We use Latent Transition Analysis to describe profiles of violent behavior against partners and non-partners in an at risk sample of young adults (N = 599; 59% male; 61% African American) over a period of two years. ; Results ; A four-class solution provided the best fit to the data, with classes corresponding to 1) non-violent behavior (48.3% of the sample), 2) violent only toward non-partners (22.3%, 3) violent only toward partners (16.0%, and 4) violent toward non-partners and partners (13.4%). Participant sex, race, age, prior violent injury, antisocial behavior, alcohol dependence and possession of firearms were associated with baseline class membership. ; Conclusion ; Implications for prevention are discussed.
• Keywords:
  • violence
  • partner
  • peers
  • transition
  • young adult
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Black or African American
  • Aggression
  • Alcoholism
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• Source:
  J Adolesc Health. 62(5):598-604
• Pubmed ID:
  29501280
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5930043
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K23 DA039341/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R49 CE002099/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R49CE002099/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; R01 DA035183/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 CE002698/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R03 HD083397/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 DA024646/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/53777/cdc_53777_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 343.22 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c77717bca11c055e338d6a45f723cbb5a0bf61c13b972b19152cca2a60962077