Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Intimate Partner Violence

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
The Development of Aggression and Violence in Adolescence

  • 782 Accesses

Abstract

Aggressive and violent behaviors between adolescent romantic partners who are dating, or intimate partner violence (IPV), resemble the developmental patterns of aggression and violent behaviors noted in earlier chapters, but are also distinct in important ways. Similarity between aggression and violence noted in earlier chapters, over the past 20 years, and IPV, are the following: (1) findings in national surveys that, in the past year, 24.7% had a physical fight and 20% had perpetrated IPV; and (2) evidence for an age–IPV, inverted U-shaped curve with prevalence rates reaching a peak from ages 19 to 25, which was similar to the age–violence curve reported in Chap. 3. Important differences between IPV and previously discussed aggressive and violent behavior were the following: (1) considerable controversy generated by research evidence that girls consistently reported having perpetrated greater aggressive behavior than boys, and boys more violent behavior than girls; (2) the patterning of aggressive or violent behaviors within the relationship over time, with risk of IPV arising from individual partner personality or the quality of the relationship itself.

Two model IPV prevention programs, “Safe Dates” and “Fourth R: Skills for Youth Relationships,” have each generated replicable results showing reduced physical dating violence. However, the absence of both dyadic partners in the treatment may have led to reductions for males but not females, and no reductions in more severe forms of IPV. The recent development of “Teen Choices,” a half hour online program, has shown promising results with the potential for inclusion of both partners and achieving more enduring IPV reduction.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 79.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 99.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 99.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Archer, J. (2000). Sex differences in aggression between heterosexual partners: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 651–680.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Archer, J. (2002). Sex differences in physically aggressive acts between heterosexual partners: A meta-analytic review. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 7, 313–351.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Arriaga, X., & Foshee, V. (2004). Adolescent dating violence: Do adolescents follow in their friends’, or their parent’s, footsteps? Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19, 162–184.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Capaldi, D., Shortt, J., & Crosby, L. (2003). Physical and psychological aggression in at-risk young couples: Stability and change in young adulthood. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 49, 1–27.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Capaldi, D. M., Knoble, N. B., Shortt, J. W., & Kim, H. K. (2012). A systematic review of risk factors for intimate partner violence. Partner Abuse, 3(2), 231–280.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Carver, K., Joyner, K., & Udry, J. (2003). National estimates of adolescent romantic relationships. In P. Florsheim (Ed.), Adolescent romantic relations and sexual behavior: Theory, research, and practical implications (pp. 23–56). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cascardi, M., Avery-Leaf, S., O’Leary, K. D., & Smith-Slep, A. (1999). Factor structure and convergent validity of the conflict tactics scale in high school students. Psychological Assessment, 11, 546–555.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Chase, K., Treboux, D., O’Leary, K., & Strassberg, Z. (1998). Specificity of dating aggression and its justification among high-risk adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 26, 4678–4473.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Collins, W. (2003). More than myth: The developmental significance of romantic relationships during adolescence. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 13, 1–24.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cui, M., Ueno, K., Gordon, M., & Fincham, F. (2013). The continuation of intimate partner violence from adolescence to young adulthood. Journal of Marriage and Family, 75(2), 300–313.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • DeLaRue, L., Polanin, J. R., Espelage, D. L., & Pigott, T. D. (2014). School-based interventions to reduce dating and sexual violence: A systematic review. The Campbell Systematic Reviews.

    Google Scholar 

  • Draucker, C., Martsoff, D., Stephenson, P., Heckman, T., Ferguson, C., Perkins, S., et al. (2012). Types of aggressive relationships in adolescent dating violence. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 21, 516–539.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Dutton, D., Tetreault, C., Karakanta, C., & White, K. (2015). Psychological factors in intimate partner violence. In C. Pietz & C. Mattson (Eds.), Violent offenders: Understanding and assessment (pp. 186–215). New York: Oxford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Elder, G., & Giele, J. Z. (2009). Life court studies: An evolving field. In G. Elder & J. Z. Giele (Eds.), The craft of life course research. New York: Guilford Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Foshee, V., Bauman, K., Linder, F., Rice, J., & Wilcher, R. (2007). Typologies of adolescent dating violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 22(5), 498–519.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Foshee, V., Bauman, K. E., Arriaga, X. B., Helms, R. W., Koch, G. G., & Linder, G. F. (1998). An evaluation of Safe Dates, and adolescent dating violence prevention program. American Journal of Public Health, 88(1), 45–50.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Foshee, V., Bauman, K. E., Ennett, S. T., Suchindran, C., Benefield, T., & Linder, G. (2005). Assessing the effects of the dating violence prevention program “Safe Dates” using random coefficient regression modeling. Prevention Science, 6(3), 245–258.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Foshee, V., Benefield, T., Suchindran, C., Ennett, S., Bauman, K., Karriker-Jaffe, K., et al. (2009). The development of four types of adolescent dating abuse and selected demographics. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 19(3), 380–400.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Foshee, V., & Langwick, S. (2004). Safe Dates: An adolescent dating abuse prevention curriculum (program manual). Center City, MN: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services.

    Google Scholar 

  • Foshee, V., Linder, G. F., Bauman, K. E., Langwick, S. A., Arriaga, X. B., Health, J. L., et al. (1996). The safe dates project: Theoretical basis, evaluation design, and selected baseline findings. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 12(5), 39–47.

    Google Scholar 

  • Foshee, V., & McNaughton-Reyes, H. L. (2009). Primary prevention of adolecent abuse perpetration: When to begin, whom to target, and how to do it. In D. J. Whitaker & J. R. Lutzger (Eds.), Preventing partner violence: Research and evidence based intervention strategies (pp. 141–168). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

    Google Scholar 

  • Furman, W., & Collins, W. (2009). Adolescent romantic relationships and experiences. In K. H. Rubin, W. Bukowski, & B. Laursen (Eds.), Peer interactions, relationships, and groups (pp. 341–378). New York: Guilford Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Furman, W., Ho, M. H., & Low, S. M. (2007). The rock road of adolescent romantic experience: Dating and adjustment. In R. C. M. E. Engels, M. Kerr, & H. Stattin (Eds.), Friends, lovers, and groups: Key relationships in adolescence (pp. 61–80). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

    Google Scholar 

  • Furman, W., & Shaffer, L. (2003). The role of romantic relationships in adolescence. In P. Florsheim (Ed.), Adolescent romantic relations and sexual behavior: Theory, research, and practical implications (pp. 3–22). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

    Google Scholar 

  • Johnson, M. P., & Ferraro, K. I. (2000). Research on domestic violence in the 1990s: Making distinctions. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 62, 948–963.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Johnson, W. L., Giordano, P. C., Manning, W. D., & Longmore, M. A. (2015). The age-IPV curve: Changes in the perpetration of intimate partner violence during adolescence and young adulthood. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 44, 708–726.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Knight, K., Menard, S., Simmons, S., Bouffard, L., & Orsi, R. (2016). Life course and intergenerational continuity of intimate partners aggression and physical injury: A 20-year study. Violence and Victims, 31(3), 381–401.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Levesque, D. A., Johnson, J., Welch, C. A., Prochaska, J. M., & Paiva, A. L. (2016). Teen dating violence prevention: Cluster-randomized trial of Teen Choices, an online, stage-based program for healthy, nonviolent relationships. Psychology of Violence, 6(3), 421–432.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Monroe, S., Rohde, P., Seeley, J., & Lewinsohn, P. (1999). Life events and depression in adolescence: Relationship loss as a prospective risk factor for first onset of major depressive disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 108, 606–614.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Montgomery, M. (2005). Psychosocial intimacy and identity: From early adolescence to emerging adulthood. Journal of Adolescent Research, 20, 346–374.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • O’Keefe, M. (1997). Predictors of dating violence among high school students. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 12, 546–568.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • O’Leary, K. D. (1999). Developmental and affective issues in assessing and treating partner aggression. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 6(4), 400–454.

    Google Scholar 

  • O’Leary, K. D., & Slep, A. M. (2003). A dyadic longitudinal model of adolescent dating aggression. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 32(3), 314–327.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pan, H. S., Neidig, P. H., & O’Leary, K. D. (1994). Predicting mild and severe husband-to-wife physical aggression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62(5), 975–981.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rathus, J. H., & Feindler, E. L. (2004). Assessment of partner violence: A handbook for researchers and practitioners. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Robins, R., Caspi, A., & Moffitt, T. (2002). It’s not just who you’re with, it’s who you are: Personality and relationship experiences across multiple relationships. Journal of Personality, 70, 925–964.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Simpson, J., Collins, W., Tran, S., & Haydon, K. C. (2007). Attachment and the experience and expression of emotions in romantic relationships: A developmental perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92(2), 355–367.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Smith, J., Mulford, C., Latzman, N. E., Tharp, A. T., Niolon, P. H., & Blachman-Demner, D. (2015). Taking stock of behavioral measures of adolescent dating violence. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, & Trauma, 24(6), 674–692.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Straus, M. (2008). Doninance and symmetry in partner violence by male and female university students in 32 countries. Children and Youth Services Review, 30, 252–275.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Straus, M. A., Hamby, S. L., Boney-McCoy, S., & Sugarman, D. B. (1996). The Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2): Developmental and preliminary psychometric data. Journal of Family Issues, 17, 283–316.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Taylor, B. G., & Mumford, E. A. (2016). A national descriptive portrait of adolescent relationship abuse: Results from the national survey on teen relationships and intimate violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 31(6), 963–988.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tharp, A. T. (2012). Dating Matters: The next generation of teen dating violence prevention. Prevention Science, 13, 398–401.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ting, S. R. (2009). Meta-analysis on dating violence prevention among middle and high schools. Journal of School Violence, 8, 328–337.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • United States Department of Health and Human Services. (2011). The national intimate partners and sexual violence survey: 2010 summary report. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

    Google Scholar 

  • United States Department of Health and Human Services. (2013). Centers for disease control and prevention-youth online: High School YRBS United States 2013 results. Retrieved from www.cdc.gov/YRBSS

  • Vaillant, G. E. (2012). Triumphs of experience: The men of the Harvard grant study. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Whitaker, D. J., Morrison, S., Lindquist, C., Hawkins, S. R., O’Neil, J. A., Nesius, A. M., et al. (2006). A critical review of interventions for the primary prevention of perpetration of partner violence. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 11, 151–166.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wincentak, K., Connolly, J., & Card, N. (2016). Teen dating violence: A meta-analytic review of prevalence rates. Psychology of Violence. doi:10.1037/a0040194.

  • Wolfe, D., Wekerle, C., Gough, R., Reitzel-Jaffe, D., Grasley, C., Pittman, A., et al. (1996). The youth relationship manual: A group approach with adolescents for the prevention of woman abuse and the promotion of healthy relatioships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wolfe, D. A., Crooks, C., Jaffe, P., Chiodo, D., Hughes, R., Ellis, W., et al. (2009). A school-based program to prevent adolescent dating violence: A cluster randomized trial. Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine, 163(8), 692–699.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wolfe, D. A., Scott, K., Reitszel-Jaffe, D., Wekerle, C., Grasley, C., & Straatman, A. (2001). Development and validation of the conflict in adolescent dating relationships inventory. Psychological Assessment, 13(2), 277–293.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wolfe, D. A., Wekerle, C., Scott, K., Straatman, A., Grasley, C., & Reitzel-Jaffe, D. (2003). Dating violence prevention with at-risk youth: A controlled outcome evaluation. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71(2), 279–291.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zimmer-Gembeck, M. (2002). The development of romantic relationships and adaptations in the system of peer relationships. Journal of Adolescent Health, 31(Supplement 6), 216–225.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

    Robert F. Marcus

Authors
  1. Robert F. Marcus
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Copyright information

© 2017 The Author(s)

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Marcus, R.F. (2017). Intimate Partner Violence. In: The Development of Aggression and Violence in Adolescence. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54563-3_4

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54563-3_4

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, New York

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-137-54562-6

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-137-54563-3

  • eBook Packages: Law and CriminologyLaw and Criminology (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation