The Psychology of Violence in Adolescent Romantic Relationships [electronic resource] /
Bowen, Erica.author.
Walker, K.author.
Domestic violence in adolescent romantic relationships is an increasingly important and only recently acknowledged social issue. This book provides conceptual frameworks for the design and evaluation of interventions with a focus on developing evidence based practice, as well as a research, practice and policy agenda for consideration.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Contextualising Violence and Abuse in Adolescent Romantic Relationships; Introduction; What is adolescence?; Adolescent romantic relationships; What happens in adolescent romantic relationships?; The nature of adolescent dating violence (ADV); Academic definitions; Definitions in practice; Official definitions; What is adolescent dating violence?; Physical abuse; Psychological/emotional or verbal abuse; Sexual violence/abuse; Controlling behaviours; Prevalence of ADV; Physical violence; Psychological/emotional violence
Sexual violence/abuse and coercionSame- sex relationships; Who uses these behaviours?; Stability or change in ADV?; Why do young people use aggression in romantic relationships?; Help-seeking behaviours; Summary and conclusions; 2 The Impact of Adolescent Dating Violence; Introduction; Impact of ADV; Negative physical health consequences; Mental health outcomes; Anxiety and depression; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Disordered eating; Reported suicidal thoughts and attempts; ADV and increased participation in health risk behaviours; Longitudinal studies (smoking, alcohol and drug use)
Sexual riskSubsequent victimisation; Summary and conclusions; 3 Risk and Protective Factors for Adolescent Dating Violence; Introduction; Risk, protective and promotive factors; Organising framework; Macrosystem; Exosystem; Microsystem; Ontogenetic system; The evidence base; General observations; Risk factors for ADV perpetration; Protective factors; Risk factors for ADV victimisation; Protective factors; Summary and conclusions; 4 Issues in Adolescent Dating Violence Risk Assessment; Introduction; What do we mean by risk assessment?; Should we assess ADV risk in adolescents?
Considerations in the assessment of ADV riskApproaches to risk assessment; First generation: clinical judgement; Second generation: actuarial assessments; Third generation: structured clinical or professional judgement; Tools for assessing violence risk among adolescents; EARL-20B/21G; Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth; The Spousal Assault Risk Assessment; How well can we assess risk of adolescent dating violence?; Summary and conclusions; 5 What Works When Intervening in Adolescent Relationship Violence?; Introduction; Background
Summary of the content delivery and success of interventionsSetting and target populations; Intervention theories and targets; Delivery of interventions; Intervention outcomes; Methodological issues; Summary and conclusions; 6 A Framework for Intervention Development; The Intervention Mapping Model; IM Step 1: Needs assessment; Conducting a needs analysis (based on the PRECEDE model); IM Step 2: Preparing matrices of change objectives; IM Step 3: Selecting behaviour-change techniques; IM Step 4: Producing programme components and materials
IM Steps 5 & 6: Adoption and implementation plan and evaluation plan
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Domestic violence in adolescent romantic relationships is an increasingly important and only recently acknowledged social issue. This book provides conceptual frameworks for the design and evaluation of interventions with a focus on developing evidence based practice, as well as a research, practice and policy agenda for consideration.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Social work.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Forensic psychology.
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Crime and Society.
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Child and School Psychology.