Introduction

Understanding the specific risk profile for distinct forms of dating aggression (DA) is very informative to define cross-cutting interventions. The study aims to evaluate whether specific profiles of risk defined using a person-oriented approach predicted physical, sexual, and psychological DA after 6 months.

Methods

Eight hundred sixty-six Spanish adolescents were interviewed at two time points (50.5% male; average age = 15.04). Latent profile analysis at T1 was used to delineate profiles of individual and relational risk.

Results

A three-class model best represents the data: a “normative” class (N = 768; 88%); a “highly aggressive” class characterized by acceptance of violent norms, bullying behaviors, and anger dysregulation (N = 13, 1.5%); a “jealous-conflictual” class characterized by cognitive and emotional jealousy, negative couple quality, and anger dysregulation (N = 85, 10%). Controlling for age, sex, and longitudinal stability, physical DA was predicted significantly by the “highly aggressive” profile (β = .11; p < .05), psychological DA by the “jealous-conflictual” profile (β = .16; p < .01), and sexual DA by the “jealous-conflictual” (β = .20; p < .001) and “highly aggressive” profile as a trend (β = .08; p = .071).

Conclusions

Specific risk profiles differentially predict risk for physical, sexual, and psychological DA perpetration. A general aggressive pattern predicts physical DA and sexual DA weakly, whereas psychological and sexual DA are associated with a couple of risks, where the dimension of jealousy, control, and conflict characterizes the dynamic between partners.

Policy Implications

Findings suggested that physical DA, and at a lower level sexual DA, should be prevented using cross-cutting strategies on general aggression. Psychological and sexual DA might require more contextually based interventions.

中文翻译：

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身体、心理和性约会攻击的纵向风险概况：西班牙青少年的潜在概况分析

介绍

了解不同形式的约会侵略 (DA) 的具体风险概况对于定义跨领域干预非常有用。该研究旨在评估使用以人为本的方法定义的特定风险概况是否能预测 6 个月后的身体、性和心理 DA。

方法

866 名西班牙青少年在两个时间点接受了采访（50.5% 为男性；平均年龄 = 15.04）。T1 的潜在剖面分析用于描绘个人和相关风险的剖面。

结果

三类模型最能代表数据：“规范”类（N  = 768；88%）；以接受暴力规范、欺凌行为和愤怒失调为特征的“高度攻击性”类别（N  = 13, 1.5%）；以认知和情感嫉妒、消极夫妻质量和愤怒失调为特征的“嫉妒-冲突”类（N  = 85, 10%）。控制年龄、性别和纵向稳定性，“高度攻击性”特征（β  = .11；p  < .05）显着预测身体 DA ，“嫉妒-冲突”特征（β  = .16；p  < .01），以及“嫉妒冲突”的性 DA（β  = .20；p  < .001) 和“高度激进”的轮廓作为趋势（β  = .08；p  = .071）。

结论

特定的风险概况不同地预测身体、性和心理 DA 犯罪的风险。一般的攻击性模式较弱地预测身体 DA 和性 DA，而心理和性 DA 与一些风险相关，其中嫉妒、控制和冲突的维度表征了伴侣之间的动态。

政策影响

研究结果表明，应该使用针对一般攻击的跨领域策略来防止身体 DA 和较低级别的性 DA。心理和性 DA 可能需要更多基于情境的干预。