ERIC Number: EJ1041164
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Oct
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-4316
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Controlling Behaviors in Middle School Youth's Dating Relationships: Reactions and Help-Seeking Behaviors
Elias-Lambert, Nada; Black, Beverly M.; Chigbu, Kingsley U.
Journal of Early Adolescence, v34 n7 p841-865 Oct 2014
This exploratory study examined middle school students' (N = 380) help-seeking behaviors and other reactions to controlling behaviors in their dating relationships. Over three-fourths of the participants perpetrated and were victimized by controlling behaviors in their dating relationships. Youth used emotional/verbal and dominance/isolation forms of controlling behaviors. More youth were victimized by dominance/isolation controlling behaviors than emotional/verbal controlling behaviors. Gender and age differences emerged when evaluating the type of controlling behaviors youth used. The majority of youth were willing to seek help when confronted with various types of controlling behaviors in their dating relationships. Gender and age differences also emerged in youth's reactions to controlling behaviors. More understanding of youth's reactions to controlling behaviors in their dating relationships may assist prevention educators in intervening before controlling behaviors in dating relationships turn into actual dating violence.
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Middle School Students, Student Behavior, Dating (Social), Interpersonal Relationship, Help Seeking, Victims, Aggression, Emotional Response, Verbal Communication, Social Isolation, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Antisocial Behavior, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, African American Students, Urban Schools, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, Likert Scales, Factor Analysis, Regression (Statistics)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Elementary Education; Grade 7; Grade 8
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Language: English
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