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Dating violence and psychological adjustment among adolescents

The aim of this study was to examine psychosocial adjustment in adolescents who are involved in dating violence and a control group of adolescents who are not involved in dating violence. The study sample included 220 high school students. The Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory was used to gather information about dating violence, while psychological adjustment was assessed by Trauma Symptom Checklist-40. Results revealed significant differences among groups. Adolescents involved in dating violence as victims, perpetrators, and perpetrators/victims had a statistically higher level of anxiety, dissociation symptoms, depression, sleep disturbance and sexual problems compared with control group of adolescents.

psychological adjustment, dating violence, adolescents

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