Stemming intimate partner violence among adults demands earlier education and skill-building supportive of healthy youth and young adult dating relationships. The current U.S.-based study examines a spectrum of youth and young adult relationship dynamics (RDs), inclusive of abusive interactions. In a nationally representative cohort of youth aged 10–18 at baseline and one parent or caregiver, survey responses regarding RDs from 618 participants ages 15–23 at wave 5 follow-up were analyzed. Latent class analysis of four positive dynamics, six problematic dynamics, and three scales of adolescent relationship abuse (ARA) were estimated, yielding four latent profiles of dating RDs. Relationships characterized by Unhealthy and Intense RDs both exhibited high probability of ARA but differed from each other in terms of other positive and problematic dynamics. Relationships characterized by Disengaged RDs had lower probability of ARA but elevated probability of awkward communications, negative feelings, social liability, and other challenging dynamics. Several baseline covariates were significantly associated with profiles of dating RDs approximately 5 years later. Younger participants were more likely to subsequently fall in an Intense or Disengaged RDs profile, as were participants with baseline emotional health problems. Further, classification in the Unhealthy RDs profile was less likely for participants reporting a better baseline relationship with their parents and more likely for those exposed to violence in childhood. These findings suggest that in addition to developmental maturity, youth and young adults would benefit from closer investigation and processing of past emotional and relational issues and traumas to foster healthier dating relationships.

制止成年人之间的亲密伴侣暴力需要早期教育和技能建设，以支持健康的青年和青年约会关系。目前在美国开展的研究考察了一系列青年和青年关系动态 (RDs)，包括虐待互动。在一个具有全国代表性的基线年龄为 10-18 岁的青年和一位父母或照顾者的队列中，分析了 618 名年龄在 15-23 岁的参与者在第 5 波随访时对 RD 的调查响应。估计了四个积极动态、六个有问题的动态和三个青少年关系滥用 (ARA) 量表的潜在类别分析，产生了四个约会 RD 的潜在概况。以不健康和强烈 RD 为特征的关系都表现出 ARA 的高概率，但在其他积极和有问题的动态方面彼此不同。以分离型 RD 为特征的关系发生 ARA 的可能性较低，但出现尴尬沟通、负面情绪、社会责任和其他具有挑战性的动态的可能性较高。大约 5 年后，几个基线协变量与约会 RD 的概况显着相关。较年轻的参与者随后更有可能陷入强烈或不参与的 RDs 档案，基线情绪健康问题的参与者也是如此。此外，对于那些报告与父母有更好基线关系的参与者来说，不健康 RDs 档案中的分类不太可能，而对于那些在童年时期遭受暴力的人来说更有可能。