NEW RESEARCH ARTICLE: Gender variations in dating violence among Mexican adolescents

Here is the abstract of the article Gender variations in dating violence and positive conflict resolution among Mexican adolescents from SafetyLit:

Gender variations in dating violence and positive conflict resolution among Mexican adolescents.

Antônio T, Hokoda A. Violence and Victims 2009; 24(4): 533-45.

Affiliation: San Diego State University, USA. antonio6@msu.edu

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/springer/vav/2009/00000024/00000004/art00008

PMID: 19694356

(Copyright © 2009, Springer Publishing)

The present study examined gender variations on dating violence and conflict resolution among Mexican adolescents. Two hundred and eighty-five high school students, aged 15 to 18 years, were recruited in Monterrey, Mexico. Verbal-emotional abuse was positively related to physical abuse and negatively associated with engagement of positive conflict resolution. No gender differences were found in physical abuse, verbal-emotional abuse, and positive conflict resolution. The findings have implications for the development of teen relationship violence intervention programs that focus on teaching positive conflict resolution skills to Mexican youth