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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa
Prevention Science, Volume 15, No. 3, Year 2014
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Description
This study aimed to describe potentially preventable factors in intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration and victimization among South African 8th grade students. Data were collected during a pilot evaluation of a classroom 8th grade curriculum on gender-based violence prevention in nine public schools in Cape Town through self-completed interviews with 549 8th grade students, 238 boys and 311 girls. Structural equation models (SEM) predicting IPV were constructed with variables a priori hypothesized to be associated. The majority of students (78.5 %) had had a partner in the past 3 months, and they reported high rates of IPV during that period (e.g., over 10 % of boys reported forcing a partner to have sex, and 39 % of girls reported physical IPV victimization). A trimmed version of the hypothesized SEM (CFI = .966; RMSEA = .051) indicated that disagreement with the ideology of male superiority and violence predicted lower risk of IPV (p < .001), whereas the frequency of using negative conflict resolution styles (e.g., walking off angrily, sending angry text messages, or refusing to talk to them) predicted high IPV risk (p < .001) and mediated the impact of heavy alcohol drinking on IPV (Sobel test, z = 3.16; p < .001). The model fit both girls and boys, but heavy drinking influenced negative styles of resolving conflict more strongly among girls than boys. Findings suggest that interventions to reduce IPV among South African adolescents should challenge attitudes supportive of male superiority and violence; encourage use of positive conflict resolution styles; and discourage heavy alcohol use among both boys and girls. © 2013 Society for Prevention Research.
Authors & Co-Authors
Russell, Marcia A.H.
United States, Berkeley
Prevention Research Center, Berkeley
Cupp, Pam
United States, Louisville
Louisville Science Center
Jewkes, R. K.
South Africa, Pretoria
South African Medical Services
Gevers, Aník
South Africa, Cape Town
South African Medical Research Centre
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Mathews, Catherine
South Africa, Cape Town
South African Medical Research Centre
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
LeFleur-Bellerose, Chantel
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Small, Jeon
United States, Berkeley
Prevention Research Center, Berkeley
Statistics
Citations: 76
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s11121-013-0405-7
ISSN:
13894986
Research Areas
Substance Abuse
Violence And Injury
Study Locations
South Africa
Participants Gender
Male
Female