The aim of this longitudinal study was to examine bidirectional associations of adolescents’ internalizing symptoms with dating violence victimization and perpetration. We conducted secondary analyses of the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development data (n = 974). Each adolescent completed items from the Conflict Tactics Scale (at ages 15 and 17 years) to assess psychological, physical, and sexual dating violence victimization and perpetration in the past 12 months. Adolescents’ symptoms of depression and general anxiety in the past 12 months were self-reported (at ages 15 and 17 years) using The Mental Health and Social Inadaptation Assessment for Adolescents. There were concurrent associations of adolescents’ internalizing symptoms with dating violence victimization and perpetration. Internalizing symptoms at age 15 years were positively associated with dating violence victimization and perpetration 2 years later in both males and females, even after adjusting for baseline characteristics. However, neither dating violence victimization nor perpetration at age 15 years was associated with internalizing symptoms 2 years later. For males and females, internalizing symptoms put adolescents at risk for future dating violence victimization and perpetration. Interventions that target internalizing symptoms may have the potential to decrease subsequent dating violence.

这项纵向研究的目的是检查青少年内化症状与约会暴力受害和实施之间的双向关联。我们对魁北克儿童发展纵向研究数据（ n = 974）进行了二次分析。每个青少年都完成了冲突策略量表（15 岁和 17 岁）中的项目，以评估过去 12 个月内遭受和实施的心理、身体和性约会暴力。使用青少年心理健康和社会不适应评估，对青少年在过去 12 个月内的抑郁和普遍焦虑症状进行自我报告（15 岁和 17 岁）。青少年的内化症状与约会暴力的受害和实施同时存在关联。即使在调整基线特征后，男性和女性 15 岁时的内化症状与 2 年后的约会暴力受害和实施呈正相关。然而，约会暴力受害或 15 岁时的犯罪行为均与 2 年后的内化症状无关。对于男性和女性来说，内化症状使青少年面临未来约会暴力受害和实施的风险。针对内化症状的干预措施可能有可能减少随后的约会暴力。