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 Protective Factors for Sexual Violence: Understanding How Trajectories Relate to Perpetration in High School
NCJ Number
              254162

Author(s)
          Kathleen C. Basile;
                        Whitney L. Rostad;
                        Ruth W. Leemis;
                        Ruth W. Leemis;
                        Dorothy L. Espelage;
                        Jordan P. Davis
Date Published

2018
Length
              10 pages
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              This longitudinal study reports trajectories of four potential protective factors for adolescent perpetration of sexual violence (SV) perpetration (empathy, parental monitoring, social support, and school belonging) across middle and high school and examines their relationship to SV perpetration in high school.
Abstract
              An introductory comment notes that adolescent sexual violence (SV) perpetration is a significant public health problem. Many risk factors for perpetration are known, but less is known about what protects youth from perpetration, or how protective factors change over time. Findings reveal that youth who identified as SV perpetrators had significantly lower mean empathy scores (d= -0.18,95 percent CI [-0.26,-0.10]) and social support scores (d= -0.05,95 percent CI [-0.14,-0.03]) at the beginning of middle school compared with non-perpetrators. The study also found that youth who identified as SV perpetrators had a quicker deceleration in parental monitoring (slopes) and empathy from middle to high school, compared to non-perpetrators. Within-sex differences emerged; significant differences in slopes were detected for school belonging between male perpetrators and male non-perpetrators (Wald test =3.76 (1), p =.05) and between female perpetrators and female non-perpetrators (Wald test =3.95(1), p=.04). Significant differences in slopes for empathy between female perpetrators and female non-perpetrators (Wald test = 4.76(1), p=.03) were also detected. No differences were found between male and female SV perpetrators for either empathy or school belonging. These findings have implications for the content and timing of adolescent SV prevention efforts. Intervention in adolescence that involves parents and schools in a comprehensive, multi-level approach may be effective in preventing SV perpetration. (publisher abstract modified)
      
  
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Date Published: January 1, 2018
    
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