What Role Do Peers Play in Adolescent Dating? Insights From Adolescents With a History of Dating Violence

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ID12437770
AuthorsCharlene K Baker (0000-0001-7223-6424, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume23
Issue2
Pages178-201
Publication date2016-04-09
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801216638769
PMID27059898
OpenAlexW2330335723
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited60

Prior research suggests that peers are important to adolescent dating experiences. However, questions remain about the role peers play in adolescent relationships, including dating violence. To fill this gap, eight sex-specific focus groups were conducted with 39 high school-aged teens, all of whom had experienced prior relationship problems. Participants described how peers helped them initiate dating relationships, but once in the relationship, peers would spread rumors and create dramas that led to jealousy, discord, and violence between the couple. Prevention programs should focus on cultivating peers as helpful bystanders and counteracting peer actions that lead to dating violence

Dating violence · Developmental psychology · Domestic violence · Injury prevention · Jealousy · Medical emergency · Peer group · Poison control · Suicide prevention · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology

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