Although dating violence poses a serious threat to adolescents' health and well-being around the globe, little evidence is available for Europe in general and Switzerland in particular. Also, evidence on the role of cognitive predictors related to a more general justification of aggressive behavior and gender-based violence is lacking. Therefore, this two-wave longitudinal study conducted with Swiss adolescents (N = 646) examined moral neutralization of aggression and justification of violence against women as predictors of physical dating violence perpetration and monitoring. As expected, higher moral neutralization of aggression predicted a higher likelihood of perpetrating physical dating violence and monitoring among both female and male adolescents. Justification of violence against women was positively associated with physical dating violence perpetration among males, but negatively among females. Also, a negative relationship was found with monitoring among females. The role of gender and implications of these findings for research, practice, and policy are discussed.

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道德中和的侵略和暴力侵害妇女的正当性在预测瑞士青少年身体青少年约会暴力犯罪和监测中的作用。

尽管约会暴力对全球青少年的健康和福祉构成严重威胁，但对于整个欧洲，尤其是瑞士，几乎没有证据。此外，缺乏与攻击性行为和基于性别的暴力更普遍的理由相关的认知预测因素的作用的证据。因此，这项对瑞士青少年 (N = 646) 进行的两波纵向研究考察了攻击性的道德中和以及暴力侵害妇女行为的正当性，作为身体约会暴力实施和监控的预测因素。正如预期的那样，攻击性的更高道德中和预示着在女性和男性青少年中实施身体约会暴力和监控的可能性更高。暴力侵害妇女的正当性与男性的身体约会暴力行为呈正相关，但在女性中则呈负相关。此外，在女性中发现与监测呈负相关。讨论了性别的作用以及这些发现对研究、实践和政策的影响。