Ybarra ML, Langhinrichsen‐Rohling J. Linkages between violence‐associated attitudes and psychological, physical, and sexual dating abuse perpetration and victimization among male and female adolescents. Aggress. Behav. 2019;45(6): 622-634. doi.org/10.1002/ab.21856. Abstract: Attitudes about violence and sex in dating relationships were related to psychological, physical, and sexual teen dating abuse perpetration and victimization. Data from Wave 4 of the national, randomly selected, Growing up with Media cohort (n = 876 adolescents aged 14‐19 years), collected in 2011, were analyzed. Dating youth perceived more peer pressure to have sex and were more accepting of sex in brief or nonmarital relationships than pre‐dating youth. Boys had higher levels of rape‐supportive attitudes than … [Read more...]
Lifetime prevalence rates and overlap of physical, psychological, and sexual dating abuse perpetration and victimization in a national sample of youth
Ybarra ML, Espelage DL, Langhinrichsen-Rohling J, Korchmaros JD, boyd d. Lifetime prevalence rates and overlap of physical, psychological, and sexual dating abuse perpetration and victimization in a national sample of youth. Arch Sex Behav. Published online April 20, 2016. doi: 10.1007/s10508-016-0748-9. Abstract: National, epidemiological data that provide lifetime rates of psychological, physical, and sexual adolescent data abuse (ADA) perpetration and victimization within the same sample of youth are lacking. To address this gap, data from 1058 randomly selected U.S. youth, 14–21 years old, surveyed online in 2011 and/or 2012, were weighted to be nationally representative and analyzed. In addition to reporting prevalence rates, we also examined the overlap of the six types of ADA … [Read more...]
National rates of physical, psychological, and sexual teen dating violence
Ybarra ML, Espelage D, Langhinrichsen-Rohling J, Korchmaros JD, boyd d. National rates of physical, psychological, and sexual teen dating violence. Oral presentation at the 121th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association; 31 Jul 2013; Honolulu, HI. Data from the Growing up with Media study collected in 2011 and 2012 are discussed. … [Read more...]
Perpetration of teen dating violence in a networked society
Korchmaros JD, Ybarra ML, Langhinrichsen-Rohling J, boyd d, Lenhart. Perpetration of teen dating violence in a networked society. Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2013;16(8):561-567. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0627 Abstract: Teen dating violence (TDV) is a serious form of youth violence that youth fairly commonly experience. Although youth extensively use computer-mediated communication (CMC), the epidemiology of CMC-based TDV is largely unknown. This study examined how perpetration of psychological TDV using CMC compares and relates to perpetration using longer-standing modes of communication (LSMC; e.g., face-to-face). Data from the national Growing up with Media study involving adolescents aged 14-19 collected from October 2010 to February 2011 and analyzed May 2012 are reported. Analyses … [Read more...]
X-rated material and perpetration of sexually aggressive behavior among children and adolescents: Is there a link?
Ybarra ML, Mitchell KJ, Hamburger M, Diener-West M, Leaf PJ. X-rated material and perpetration of sexually aggressive behavior among children and adolescents: Is there a link? Aggress Behav. 2011;37(1):1-18. doi: 10.1002/ab.20367 Abstract: Longitudinal linkages between intentional exposure to x-rated material and sexually aggressive behavior were examined among youth 10–15 year olds surveyed nationally in the United States. At Wave 1 in 2006, participants (n = 1,588) were queried about these exposures and outcomes in the preceding 12 months. Wave 2 data (n = 1,206) were collected approximately 12 months after Wave 1 and Wave 3 data (n = 1,159) were collected approximately 24 months after Wave 1. Thus, data for this project represent a 36-month time frame. A marginal model with … [Read more...]
Social networking sites: Finding a balance between their risks and benefits
Mitchell, KJ, Ybarra, ML. Social networking sites: Finding a balance between their risks and benefits. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009;163(1):87-89. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2008.534 Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Recently, public attention has focused on the possibility that social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook are being widely used to sexually solicit underage youth, consequently increasing their vulnerability to sexual victimization. Beyond anecdotal accounts, however, whether victimization is more commonly reported in social networking sites is unknown. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: The Growing up With Media Survey is a national cross-sectional online survey of 1588 youth. Participants were 10- to 15-year-old youth who have used the Internet at least once in the last 6 … [Read more...]
Youth perpetration of online sexual solicitation: Internet use and psychosocial characteristics
Mitchell KJ, Ybarra M. Youth perpetration of online sexual solicitation: Internet Use and psychosocial characteristics. Oral presentation at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference; 8-10 Jul 2007; Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Data from the Growing up with Media study collected in 2008 are discussed. … [Read more...]
Youth, Sex & the Internet: What practitioners need to know
Wolak J, Mitchell K, Finkelhor D, Ybarra M. Youth, Sex & the Internet: What practitioners need to know. Oral presentation at the 20th Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment; 23-27 Jan 2006; San Diego, CA. Data from the Youth Internet Safety Surveys collected between 1999 and 2000 (YISS1) and in 2005 (YISS2) are discussed. … [Read more...]