Parental support is a well-documented protective factor against dating violence perpetration. However, no studies have investigated this relationship among disconnected, young urban Black women, despite higher reported instances of perpetration among this group. We hypothesized that higher levels of parental support would be associated with lower levels of dating violence perpetration. Participants were 374 disconnected, young urban Black women (ages 16–23) recruited from two employment training programs in Baltimore, Maryland. We used multivariate logistic regression analyses to assess the association between youth reported maternal and paternal support and physical dating violence perpetration. Over 20% of the sample reported past-year physical dating violence perpetration. Experience with recent dating violence victimization was the most robust correlate of physical dating violence perpetration (aOR = 6.44, p = 0.000). Contrary to prediction, maternal support was associated with a 37% increase in the odds of physical dating violence perpetration among participants (aOR = 1.37, p = 0.027). Findings highlight the need for additional research on the complex relationship between maternal support and physical dating violence perpetration among disconnected, young urban Black women.

父母的支持是有据可查的保护措施，可以防止约会暴力的发生。然而，尽管有更多的报道称这类人群中有犯罪行为，但尚无研究调查未连接的年轻城市黑人妇女之间的这种关系。我们假设较高的父母支持会与较低水平的约会暴力发生有关。参加者是来自马里兰州巴尔的摩的两个就业培训计划中招募的374名无联系的年轻城市黑人妇女（16至23岁）。我们使用多元逻辑回归分析来评估青年报告的母亲和父亲支持与身体约会暴力行为之间的关联。超过20％的样本报告了去年的约会暴力行为。p  = 0.000）。与预测相反，孕产妇的支持与参与者身体约会暴力发生的几率增加了37％（aOR = 1.37，p  = 0.027）。研究结果强调，有必要进一步研究断开联系的年轻城市黑人妇女的孕产支持与身体约会暴力行为之间的复杂关系。