Marcia Russell|Pamela K. Cupp|Rachel Jewkes|Aní­k Gevers|Catherine Mathews|Chantel LeFleur-Bellerose|Jeon Small
Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa
University of Cape Town
study aimed describe potentially preventable factors intimate partner violence ipv perpetration victimization among south african 8th grade students data collected pilot evaluation classroom 8th grade curriculum genderbased violence prevention nine public schools cape town selfcompleted interviews 549 8th grade students 238 boys 311 girls structural equation models sem predicting ipv constructed variables priori hypothesized associated majority students 785 partner past 3 months reported high rates ipv period eg 10 boys reported forcing partner sex 39 girls reported physical ipv victimization trimmed version hypothesized sem cfi 966 rmsea 051 indicated disagreement ideology male superiority violence predicted lower risk ipv p 001 whereas frequency using negative conflict resolution styles eg walking angrily sending angry text messages refusing talk predicted high ipv risk p 001 mediated impact heavy alcohol drinking ipv sobel test z 316 p 001 model fit girls boys heavy drinking influenced negative styles resolving conflict strongly among girls boys findings suggest interventions reduce ipv among south african adolescents challenge attitudes supportive male superiority violence encourage use positive conflict resolution styles discourage heavy alcohol use among boys girls