A cross-sectional survey was conducted during the 2012-2013 school year (participant n = 1008). Associations between cyber dating abuse and study outcomes were assessed via logistic regression models for clustered survey data. Past 3-month cyber dating abuse was reported by 41.4 percent of this clinic-based sample. More female than male participants reported cyber dating abuse victimization (44.6 percent vs 31.0 percent). Compared with no exposure, low- ("a few times") and high-frequency ("once or twice a month" or more) cyber dating abuse were significantly associated with physical or sexual ARA (low: adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.8, 95 percent confidence interval [CI] 1.8-4.4; high: aOR 5.4, 95 percent CI 4.0-7.5) and nonpartner sexual assault (low: aOR 2.7, 95 percent CI 1.3-5.5; high: aOR 4.1, 95 percent CI 2.8-5.9). Analysis with female participants found an association between cyber dating abuse exposure and contraceptive nonuse (low: aOR 1.8, 95 percent CI 1.2-2.7; high: aOR 4.1, 95 percent CI 2.0-8.4) and reproductive coercion (low: aOR 3.0, 95 percent CI 1.4-6.2; high: aOR 5.7, 95 percent CI 2.8-11.6). (Publisher abstract modified)
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