Domestic and family violence (DFV) has been described as a “national emergency” in Australia, with a suite of policies and interventions introduced over the past decade to better support women and their children. Within these frameworks, young people have been identified as agents of change for primary prevention; however, little is known about their attitudes and knowledge of DFV. This scoping review thus sought to establish the attitudes and knowledge of DFV held by young people (under 25 years old) in Australia. Nine international databases were searched, yielding 11 studies that met the inclusion criteria. The studies were quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods in design, with the findings demonstrating that young Australians have good knowledge about DFV. However, the review also indicates problematic areas around young people’s understanding of the harms of DFV with many continuing to hold victim-blaming attitudes. In addition, much of the existing research is survey-based in nature, there is no strong uniformity across the studies, nor is there an engaged approach to research design. Moreover, the current measures used in research are not sufficient to gauge where young people gain knowledge about DFV, nor do they explain under what conditions attitudes change or what are the medium- and long-term effects of DFV prevention work. We therefore contend that future research ought to be interdisciplinary and intersectional in nature and collaborate with a range of young people in order to understand their full potential as agents of social change and primary prevention.

家庭暴力 (DFV) 在澳大利亚被描述为“国家紧急情况”，过去十年出台了一系列政策和干预措施，以更好地支持妇女及其子女。在这些框架内，年轻人被确定为初级预防变革的推动者；然而，人们对他们对 DFV 的态度和知识知之甚少。因此，本次范围界定审查旨在确定澳大利亚年轻人（25​​ 岁以下）对 DFV 的态度和知识。搜索了 9 个国际数据库，产生了 11 项符合纳入标准的研究。这些研究在设计上采用定量、定性和混合方法，结果表明澳大利亚年轻人对 DFV 有很好的了解。然而，审查还表明，年轻人对 DFV 危害的理解存在问题，许多人继续持有指责受害者的态度。此外，现有的大部分研究本质上都是基于调查的，研究之间没有很强的一致性，也没有参与研究设计的方法。此外，目前研究中使用的措施不足以衡量年轻人从哪里获得关于 DFV 的知识，也没有解释在什么条件下态度会发生变化，或者 DFV 预防工作的中长期影响是什么。因此，我们认为未来的研究本质上应该是跨学科和交叉的，并与一系列年轻人合作​​，以了解他们作为社会变革和初级预防推动者的全部潜力。