When Worlds Collide: Linking Involvement with Friends and Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood.

ABSTRACT: Recent increases in the average age at first marriage have created an extended period during which young adults frequently continue to socialize with friends, even as romantic ties typically become increasingly serious. Nevertheless, little research has focused on some of the challenges associated with navigating these two social worlds simultaneously. The current study expanded the traditional lens of social learning theory to investigate associations between a range of attitudes and behaviors of friends and a serious form of conflict-intimate partner violence (IPV). Analyses relied on structured survey and in-depth interview data from a longitudinal study of a large, diverse sample of male and female respondents followed across the adolescent to adult transition (n = 928). Consist

SUBMITTER: Giordano PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7039530 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature