Dating Violence Among Latino Adolescents

Intimate dating violence affects both genders males and females however; females are more impacted and are more likely to be the victim. Culturally many girls mature faster than boys due to cultural reasons. In some cultures girls at age of 15 is consider a transition to woman hood. Gender roles have a set of expectations that can play how the process of cognitive may be how someone behaves or views relationship violence. The study “Dating Violence Among Latino Adolescents” (2016) focused on the rates affected by gender and immigrant status. There is a large number of teen Latinos that are affected by dating violence. In total of 547 of adolescent Latino, the study found that 1 in 5 Latino adolescents experience dating violence. There was
19% out of 1,525 Latino adolescents have experiences dating violence in the past year. The second finding was psychosocial dating violence. 71% of dating victimization experienced at least one form of victimization. Due to cultural gender identity boys reported less than girls to seek formal assistance. 66% of the parents had a high school education or less and 61% household income met below the poverty line (Sabina, Cuevas, & Cotignola-Pickens, 2016). Another, minority group that is affective by SES is African American youths who live in poverty.
Many instances African American adolescents do not have parental involvement, hostile parents, and no emotional relationship with youth, which increases their risks to be the abuser or be victimized. African Americans adolescents struggled in the late stage of youth because of self-esteem and depression as a result delinquent behaviors increases (Henry, Zeytinoglu, 2012). Teen dating violence has been shown there is correlation with lower socio-economic status, low academic achievement in school, and parental involved in domestic violence, and child abuse. As a result, the chances increase for youth be involved in violent dating relationship. These behaviors are typically associated with the social learning framework, which their behavior is learned in their environment. Adolescents that exposed to violence in the house as a young child can reenact the similar violent behaviors within relationships. Being an abusive relationship there are effects on the victim. Mental health has negative consequences such as higher levels of depression, suicidal thoughts, and poorer education (Banyard, Cross, 2008).