Controlling Behaviors in Middle School Youth’s Dating Relationships

Reactions and Help-Seeking Behaviors

Bibliographic Data

ID11670829
AuthorsNada Elias-Lambert (0000-0003-0149-6899, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, USA, corresponding author), Beverly M Black (0000-0002-6234-7072, University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA), Kingsley Chigbu (The University of Texas at Arlington), Kingsley U Chigbu (University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA)
Year2013
Volume34
Issue7
Pages841-865
Publication date2013-11-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431613510405
OpenAlexW2140502953
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited45

This exploratory study examined middle school students’ ( N = 380) help-seeking behaviors and other reactions to controlling behaviors in their dating relationships. Over three-fourths of the participants perpetrated and were victimized by controlling behaviors in their dating relationships. Youth used emotional/verbal and dominance/isolation forms of controlling behaviors. More youth were victimized by dominance/isolation controlling behaviors than emotional/verbal controlling behaviors. Gender and age differences emerged when evaluating the type of controlling behaviors youth used. The majority of youth were willing to seek help when confronted with various types of controlling behaviors in their dating relationships. Gender and age differences also emerged in youth’s reactions to controlling behaviors. More understanding of youth’s reactions to controlling behaviors in their dating relationships may assist prevention educators in intervening before controlling behaviors in dating relationships turn into actual dating violence

Dating violence · Developmental psychology · Domestic violence · Dominance (genetics · Poison control · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology

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