TY - JOUR
T1 - Predicting sexual coercion in early adulthood
T2 - The transaction among maltreatment, gang affiliation, and adolescent socialization of coercive relationship norms
AU - Ha, Phuong
AU - Kim, Hanjoe
AU - Christopher, Caroline
AU - Caruthers, Allison
AU - Dishion, Thomas J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by Grants DA07031 and DA13773 fromthe National Institute on Drug Abuse (to T.J.D.). We gratefully acknowledge the contribution of the Project Alliance staff, Portland Public Schools, and the participating youths and families.
Publisher Copyright:
© Cambridge University Press 2016.
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - This study tested a transactional hypothesis predicting early adult sexual coercion from family maltreatment, early adolescent gang affiliation, and socialization of adolescent friendships that support coercive relationship norms. The longitudinal study of a community sample of 998 11-year-olds was intensively assessed in early and middle adolescence and followed to 23-24 years of age. At age 16-17 youth were videotaped with a friend, and their interactions were coded for coercive relationship talk. Structural equation modeling revealed that maltreatment predicted gang affiliation during early adolescence. Both maltreatment and gang affiliation strongly predicted adolescent sexual promiscuity and coercive relationship norms with friends at age 16-17 years. Adolescent sexual promiscuity, however, did not predict sexual coercion in early adulthood. In contrast, higher levels of observed coercive relationship talk with a friend predicted sexual coercion in early adulthood for both males and females. These findings suggest that peers have a socialization function in the development of norms prognostic of sexual coercion, and the need to consider peers in the promotion of healthy relationships.
AB - This study tested a transactional hypothesis predicting early adult sexual coercion from family maltreatment, early adolescent gang affiliation, and socialization of adolescent friendships that support coercive relationship norms. The longitudinal study of a community sample of 998 11-year-olds was intensively assessed in early and middle adolescence and followed to 23-24 years of age. At age 16-17 youth were videotaped with a friend, and their interactions were coded for coercive relationship talk. Structural equation modeling revealed that maltreatment predicted gang affiliation during early adolescence. Both maltreatment and gang affiliation strongly predicted adolescent sexual promiscuity and coercive relationship norms with friends at age 16-17 years. Adolescent sexual promiscuity, however, did not predict sexual coercion in early adulthood. In contrast, higher levels of observed coercive relationship talk with a friend predicted sexual coercion in early adulthood for both males and females. These findings suggest that peers have a socialization function in the development of norms prognostic of sexual coercion, and the need to consider peers in the promotion of healthy relationships.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0954579416000262
DO - 10.1017/S0954579416000262
M3 - Article
C2 - 27427801
AN - SCOPUS:84978792934
SN - 0954-5794
VL - 28
SP - 707
EP - 720
JO - Development and psychopathology
JF - Development and psychopathology
IS - 3
ER -