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At risk and in love: A mixed methodexamination of the link between childhood maltreatment and youth relationships
Journal of Adolescence ( IF 3.8 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-12 , DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2020.12.007
Laina Y Bay-Cheng 1 , Hannah G Ginn 1 , Nicole M Fava 2 , Eugene M Maguin 1 , Erin W Bascug 1
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Introduction

Research indicates that sexual and romantic relationships play an important role in youth well-being and development. This strengths-based perspective sits in tension with the documented risks that youth with histories of maltreatment face in sexual/romantic relationships. We conducted a U.S.-based mixed-method study to examine the connection between childhood maltreatment and youth relationships.

Method

We collected retrospective ratings of relationship quality and open-ended comments about those relationships using an online sexual life history calendar. Quantitative analyses drew on data from 98 participants (51 cisgender women, 47 cisgender men) between the ages of 18–25 (Mage = 22.51). Qualitative analyses compared demographically matched subsamples of 19 participants who reported multiple forms of child maltreatment and 20 who reported none.

Results

Quantitative analyses indicated that ratings of relationship stability, intimacy, and pleasure were unrelated to prior abuse or neglect. Qualitative analyses showed the relationships of those with multiple maltreatment histories, compared to those without any maltreatment, to be more often intertwined with and complicated by other hardships (e.g., homelessness).

Conclusions

Quantitatively, childhood maltreatment appeared unrelated to youth sexual/romantic relationship quality, though we regard those findings with due caution. Complementing this was qualitative evidence of differences between participants based on trauma histories, with those who had experienced childhood maltreatment referring more often to surrounding circumstances and hardships in descriptions of their youth sexual/romantic relationships. These mixed method findings reinforce the importance of youth sexuality research, policy, and practice that takes the broader conditions of young people's lives into consideration.



中文翻译:

冒险与恋爱:对童年虐待与青年关系之间联系的混合方法检验

介绍

研究表明,性关系和浪漫关系在青少年的幸福和发展中发挥着重要作用。这种基于优势的观点与有虐待史的青年在性/浪漫关系中面临的记录风险相矛盾。我们在美国进行了一项混合方法研究,以检查儿童虐待与青年关系之间的联系。

方法

我们使用在线性生活史日历收集了关系质量的回顾性评级和关于这些关系的开放式评论。定量分析利用了 98 名年龄在 18-25 岁之间的参与者(51 名顺性别女性,47 名顺性别男性)的数据(M年龄 = 22.51)。定性分析比较了 19 名报告有多种形式虐待儿童的参与者和 20 名没有报告的参与者的人口统计学匹配子样本。

结果

定量分析表明,关系稳定性、亲密感和愉悦感的评分与之前的虐待或忽视无关。定性分析表明,与没有遭受任何虐待的人相比,有多次虐待史的人之间的关系更常与其他困难(例如无家可归)交织在一起并使其复杂化。

结论

从数量上看,童年虐待似乎与青少年的性/浪漫关系质量无关,尽管我们对这些发现持谨慎态度。补充这一点的是参与者之间基于创伤史的差异的定性证据,那些经历过童年虐待的人在描述他们青年时期的性/浪漫关系时更多地提到周围的环境和困难。这些混合方法的研究结果强调了青年性研究、政策和实践的重要性,这些研究、政策和实践将年轻人生活的更广泛情况考虑在内。

更新日期:2021-01-13
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