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Review
. 2016 Jan 29;6(1):7.
doi: 10.3390/bs6010007.

Dating Violence among High-Risk Young Women: A Systematic Review Using Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

Lauren E Joly  1 , Jennifer Connolly  2
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Review

Dating Violence among High-Risk Young Women: A Systematic Review Using Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

Lauren E Joly et al. Behav Sci (Basel). .

Abstract

Our systematic review identified 21 quantitative articles and eight qualitative articles addressing dating violence among high risk young women. The groups of high-risk young women in this review include street-involved, justice-involved, pregnant or parenting, involved with Child Protective Services, and youth diagnosed with a mental health issue. Our meta-analysis of the quantitative articles indicated that 34% (CI = 0.24-0.45) of high-risk young women report that they have been victims of physical dating violence and 45% (CI = 0.31-0.61) of these young women report perpetrating physical dating violence. Significant moderator variables included questionnaire and timeframe. Meta-synthesis of the qualitative studies revealed that high-risk young women report perpetrating dating violence to gain power and respect, whereas women report becoming victims of dating violence due to increased vulnerability.

Keywords: dating violence; high-risk; young women.

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Systematic Literature Search Process. *Notes: some articles may have been discarded based on multiple criterion, however for the purposes of calculating percentages, each article was only categorized by one criterion.
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