TY - JOUR
T1 - From family to friends
T2 - Does witnessing interparental violence affect young adults' relationships with friends?
AU - Mandal, Mahua
AU - Hindin, Michelle J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development . An earlier version of this manuscript was presented at the Seminar on Violence in Adolescence and Youth in Developing Countries, sponsored by The Scientific Panel on Adolescent Life Course in Developing Countries of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. The authors thank Connie Gultiano for sharing her knowledge about youth culture and behaviors in the Philippines.
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - Purpose: Childhood exposure to violence in one's family of origin has been closely linked to subsequent perpetration and victimization of intimate partner violence. There is, however, little research on the relationship between witnessing violence and subsequent peer violence. This study investigates the effects of witnessing interparental violence among Filipino young adults on their use and experience of psychological aggression with friends. Methods: The data source for this study was the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey. Recent perpetration and victimization of friend psychological aggression among young adults ages 21-22 years was assessed through self-reports from the 2005 survey; witnessing interparental violence during childhood was assessed through self-reports from the 2002 survey. Multinomial logistic regression was used to examine the effects of witnessing interparental violence on subsequent use and experience of friend psychological aggression. Analyses were stratified by gender. Results: About 13% of females and 4% of males perpetrated psychological aggression toward close friends, and about 4% of females and males were victims. Fourteen percent of females and 3% of males experienced bidirectional psychological aggression. About 44% of females and 47% of males had, during childhood, witnessed their parents physically hurt one another. Witnessing maternal and reciprocal interparental violence during childhood significantly predicted bidirectional friend psychological aggression among males. Among females, witnessing interparental violence did not significantly predict involvement with friend psychological aggression. Conclusions: Violence prevention programs should consider using family-centered interventions, and apply a gendered lens to their application. Further research on gender differences in friend aggression is recommended.
AB - Purpose: Childhood exposure to violence in one's family of origin has been closely linked to subsequent perpetration and victimization of intimate partner violence. There is, however, little research on the relationship between witnessing violence and subsequent peer violence. This study investigates the effects of witnessing interparental violence among Filipino young adults on their use and experience of psychological aggression with friends. Methods: The data source for this study was the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey. Recent perpetration and victimization of friend psychological aggression among young adults ages 21-22 years was assessed through self-reports from the 2005 survey; witnessing interparental violence during childhood was assessed through self-reports from the 2002 survey. Multinomial logistic regression was used to examine the effects of witnessing interparental violence on subsequent use and experience of friend psychological aggression. Analyses were stratified by gender. Results: About 13% of females and 4% of males perpetrated psychological aggression toward close friends, and about 4% of females and males were victims. Fourteen percent of females and 3% of males experienced bidirectional psychological aggression. About 44% of females and 47% of males had, during childhood, witnessed their parents physically hurt one another. Witnessing maternal and reciprocal interparental violence during childhood significantly predicted bidirectional friend psychological aggression among males. Among females, witnessing interparental violence did not significantly predict involvement with friend psychological aggression. Conclusions: Violence prevention programs should consider using family-centered interventions, and apply a gendered lens to their application. Further research on gender differences in friend aggression is recommended.
KW - Friends
KW - Interparental violence
KW - Peer violence
KW - Philippines
KW - Psychological aggression
KW - Witnessing violence
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.03.015
DO - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.03.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 23697789
AN - SCOPUS:84880737506
SN - 1054-139X
VL - 53
SP - 187
EP - 193
JO - Journal of Adolescent Health
JF - Journal of Adolescent Health
IS - 2
ER -