Youth Experiences of Family Violence and Teen Dating Violence Perpetration: Cognitive and Emotional Mediators

• NCJ Number: 239209
• Journal: Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review Volume: 15 Issue: 1 Dated: March 2012 Pages: 58-68
• Author(s): Ernest N. Jouriles; Renee McDonald; Victoria Mueller; John H. Grych
• Date Published: March 2012
• Length: 11 pages
• Grant Number(s): R01 CE001432
• Sponsoring Agency: Ctr's for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article examines the relation between youth exposure to family violence and teen dating violence perpetration.

Abstract

This article describes a conceptual model of cognitive and emotional processes proposed to mediate the relation between youth exposure to family violence and teen dating violence perpetration. Explicit beliefs about violence, internal knowledge structures, and executive functioning are hypothesized as cognitive mediators, and their potential influences upon one another are described. Theory and research on the role of emotions and emotional processes in the relation between youths' exposure to family violence and teen dating violence perpetration are also reviewed. The authors present an integrated model that highlights how emotions and emotional processes work in tandem with hypothesized cognitive mediators to predict teen dating violence. (Published Abstract)