Maladaptive schemas as mediators of the relationship between previous victimizations in the family and dating violence victimization in adolescents |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Deusto, Spain;2. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain;1. Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA;2. Department of Statistics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA;3. Department of Health & Kinesiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA;4. Public Health Graduate Program, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA;1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, United Kingdom;2. LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research, York University, Canada;3. Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands;4. Department of Psychology, The University of Winnipeg, Canada;5. Department of Psychology, York University, Canada;1. Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina;2. Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia;;3. Department of Psychology, L.L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina;1. Lusófona University of Porto, Portugal;2. Michigan State University, United States |
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| Abstract: | This study examined whether exposure to family violence, both in the form of direct victimization and witnessing violence, predicted dating violence victimization in adolescents through maladaptive schemas. A sample of 933 adolescents (445 boys and 488 girls), aged between 13 and 18 (M = 15.10), participated in a three-year longitudinal study. They completed measures of exposure to family violence, maladaptive schemas of disconnection/rejection, and dating violence victimization. The findings indicate that witnessing family violence predicts the increase of dating violence victimization over time, through the mediation of maladaptive schemas in girls, but not in boys. Direct victimization in the family predicts dating violence victimization directly, without the mediation of schemas. In addition, maladaptive schemas contribute to the perpetuation of dating violence victimization over time. These findings provide new opportunities for preventive interventions, as maladaptive schemas can be modified. |
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| Keywords: | Family violence Dating violence victimization Adolescents Maladaptive schemas |
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