The Role of Traumatic Brain Injury on Intimate Partner Violence and Changes in Mental Health From Late Adolescence to Young Adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization and traumatic brain injury (TBI) are common correlates of mental health problems in adolescence. However, research has yet to investigate whether IPV victimization is related to developmental changes in mental health, as well as the contributing role that TBI may play in conditioning this association. We address this gap by analyzing longitudinal data with well-validated measures of mental health from an ethnically diverse sample of adolescents.

Methods

Prospective data from the Dating it Safe sample (n = 699) were used to measure IPV victimization, depression, post-traumatic stress, binge drinking, and TBI from 2015 to 2021. We used latent growth curve models to evaluate both cross-sectional and longitudinal associations

SUBMITTER: Connolly EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12860272 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature