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Psychiatric disorders prior to dating initiation and physical dating violence before age 21: findings from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R)

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McCauley, Heather L., Breslau, Joshua A., Saito, Naomi, Miller, Elizabeth·2015·Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
DOI 10.1007/s00127-015-1044-zPMC PMC4569529
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Purpose Poor mental health is associated with teen dating violence (TDV), but whether there are specific types of psychiatric disorders that could be targeted with intervention to reduce TDV remains unknown.Methods Multivariable logistic regression models were used to assess the associations of psychiatric disorders that emerged prior to dating initiation with subsequent physical dating violence in a nationally representative sample from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, adjusting statistically for adverse childhood experiences.Results In adjusted models, internalizing disorders (AOR 1.14, 95 % CI 1.04,1.25; no sex differences noted) and externalizing disorders (males: AOR 1.28, 95 % CI 1.10, 1.49; females: AOR 1.85, 95 % CI 1.55, 2.21) were associated with subsequent involvement in any physical dating violence victimization or perpetration before the age of 21. Those at greatest risk included girls with ADHD and a substance use disorder, in particular.Conclusions The range of psychiatric disorders associated with TDV is broader than has generally been recognized for both boys and girls. Clinical and public health prevention programs should incorporate strategies for addressing multiple pathways through which poor mental health may put adolescents at risk for TDV.

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  • A nationally representative US sample of over 5,000 adults found that those with ADHD were over twice as likely to perpetrate physical dating violence and 65% more likely to be victims of such violence.

    “A study using a nationally representative American sample of over 5,000 adults found that those with ADHD were over twice as likely to be perpetrators of physical dating violence, and 65% more likely to be victims of such violence”

    From The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based conclusions about the disorder (2021) · cites this paper as McCauley et al., 2015

    Methods > Analysis reports a nationally representative US sample of 5,112 adults, and the Discussion says dating-violence risk was particularly high among those with ADHD. The Results discuss victimization and perpetration, but the passages in our copy do not establish the claimed ADHD-specific figures—over twice as likely to perpetrate and 65% more likely to be victimized. The study concerns dating violence before age 21, reported retrospectively by adults. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
McCauley, H. L., Breslau, J. A., Saito, N., & Miller, E.
Affiliations
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
  • RAND Corporation (US)
  • University of California, Davis (US)
Corresponding author
McCauley, Heather L.
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Venue
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2015-03-14
Volume
50
Issue
9
Pages
1357-1365
ISSN
  • 0933-7954 (ISSN-L)
  • 1433-9285
DOI
10.1007/s00127-015-1044-z
PMC
PMC4569529
OpenAlex
W2012857316
Cited by
26
References
48
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 3 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3
FWCI
3.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health
  • Office of Research on Women's Health
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K12HD043441)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
adolescent dating violence, physical dating violence, mental illness, internalizing disorders, externalizing disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, substance use disorders, adverse childhood experiences, adolescents, gender differences, prevention programs
MeSH terms
Intimate Partner Violence, Adolescent, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Psychotic Disorders, United States, Comorbidity, Logistic Models, Risk Assessment, Crime Victims, Substance-Related Disorders, Young Adult

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