VAWnet is a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence. “Key risk factors consistently found in the literature to be associated with inflicting dating violence include the following: holding norms accepting or justifying the use of violence in dating relationships (Malik et al., 1997; O’Keefe, 1997); having friends in violent relationships (Arriaga & Foshee, 2004); exposure to...

Dating violence is a serious problem among adolescents and young adults. Understanding teens' reactions to dating violence offers the potential to understand the factors that lead to perpetration of violent behavior and to elucidate prevention strategies. Knowledge concerning youth attitudes about dating violence is limited, and has largely come from self-report questionnaires to date. We utili...

LONGITUDINAL RELATIONS BETWEEN PERCEIVED PARENTAL AND PEER SUPPORT FOR VIOLENT AND NONVIOLENT RESPONSES TO CONFLICT AND EARLY ADOLESCENT DATING AGGRESSION By Rachel C. Garthe, M.S. A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2016 Major Director: Dr. Terri N. Sullivan Assoc...

Online dating sites have become popular platforms for people to look for potential romantic partners. It is important to understand users’ dating preferences in order to make better recommendations on potential dates. The message sending and replying actions of a user are strong indicators for what he/she is looking for in a potential date and reflect the user’s actual dating preferences. We st...

The present study examined to what extent adolescent dating desire is based on attractiveness and social status of a potential short-term partner. Further, we tested whether self-perceived mate value moderated the relationship between dating desire and attractiveness of a potential partner. Data were used from a sample of 1,913 adolescents aged 13-18. Participants rated the importance of variou...