Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2021 Apr 12;43(1):111-122.
doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdz084.

Dating and relationship violence victimization and perpetration among 11-16 year olds in Wales: a cross-sectional analysis of the School Health Research Network (SHRN) survey

Honor Young  1 , Sara Jayne Long  1 , G J Melendez-Torres  1 , Hyun Sue Kim  1 , Gillian Hewitt  1 , Simon Murphy  1 , Graham F Moore  1
Affiliations

Dating and relationship violence victimization and perpetration among 11-16 year olds in Wales: a cross-sectional analysis of the School Health Research Network (SHRN) survey

Honor Young et al. J Public Health (Oxf). .

Abstract

Background: This study examines the prevalence of dating and relationship violence (DRV) victimization, perpetration and joint victimization and perpetration, and associations between DRV and socio-demographic characteristics.

Methods: Cross-sectional self-report data from 74 908 students aged 11-16 from 193 schools across Wales were collected and analysed using generalized estimating equations to examine prevalence and predictors of emotional and physical DRV victimization, perpetration and joint victimization and perpetration.

Results: More girls reported emotional victimization (28%) and perpetration (18%) than boys (20% and 16%, respectively). More girls (8%) than boys (7%) reported physical perpetration. However, boys (17%) reported more physical victimization than girls (12%). Age-related trajectories of DRV victimization and perpetration were stronger in girls than in boys. Students from single or step parent homes, those in care, and certain ethnic minority groups had increased odds of DRV. No association was found between socioeconomic status and DRV.

Conclusions: Age-related trajectories and the lack of social patterning by socioeconomic status point to the value of early, universal interventions, while some evidence of ethnic patterning and family structure-related risk factors suggest areas for further research and targeted interventions. DRV continues to be a major public health problem for which little UK-specific intervention evidence exists.

Keywords: relationships; violence; young people.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Home Office . Domestic violence and abuse. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-violence-and-abuse#history (14 June 2018, accessed). 2012
    1. World Health Organization . Violence Against Women, Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Against Women Fact Sheet 2016. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs239/en/ (5 December 2016, accessed). 2016
    1. World Health Organization . Global and Regional Estimates of Violence Against Women: Prevalence and Health Effects of Intimate Partner Violence and Non-partner Sexual Violence. Geneva: WHO, 2013.
    1. Watts C, Zimmerman C. Violence against women: global scale and magnitude. Lancet 2002;359(9313):1232–7. - PubMed
    1. Campbell JC. Health consequences of intimate partner violence. Lancet 2002;359(9314):1331–6. - PubMed

Publication types