biostudies-literatureEspinoza CNCenters for Disease Control and PreventionNIDA NIH HHSNational Institutes of HealthNIH HHSCDC HHS1287-1299https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11606263biostudies-literatureUnknown34(4)Witnessing inter-parental conflict is associated with dating violence perpetration in late adolescence and adulthood. This relationship may be moderated by adolescents' empathy, with more empathic youth viewing their parents' conflict behavior as less acceptable, and thus refraining from dating violence perpetration. This study sought to determine if empathy buffers the effects of inter-parental conflict in early adolescence on expected dating violence perpetration in early adolescence and actual dating violence perpetration in late adolescence and adulthood. Moreover, this study tested if expected dating violence perpetration in early adolescence and dating violence perpetration in late adolescence mediate the effects of inter-parental conflict and empathy on dating violence perpetration Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on AdolescenceInter-parental conflict and empathy in early adolescence as predictors of dating violence perpetration in adolescence and adulthood.PMC11606263K01 DA024700Espinoza CNMrug SGoering MfalseInter-parental conflict and empathy in early adolescence as predictors of dating violence perpetration in adolescence and adulthood.Witnessing inter-parental conflict is associated with dating violence perpetration in late adolescence and adulthood. This relationship may be moderated by adolescents' empathy, with more empathic youth viewing their parents' conflict behavior as less acceptable, and thus refraining from dating violence perpetration. This study sought to determine if empathy buffers the effects of inter-parental conflict in early adolescence on expected dating violence perpetration in early adolescence and actual dating violence perpetration in late adolescence and adulthood. Moreover, this study tested if expected dating violence perpetration in early adolescence and dating violence perpetration in late adolescence mediate the effects of inter-parental conflict and empathy on dating violence perpetration 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z2024 Dec2025-04-18T13:02:47.357Z2025-04-04T02:22:45.929ZS-EPMC116062633881708010.1111/jora.12987