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Money Lending Practices and Adolescent Dating Relationship Abuse: Results from a National Sample

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Research on adult intimate partner violence has demonstrated that economic considerations and financial decision-making are associated with the use of violence in marital and cohabiting relationships. Yet limited work has examined whether financial behaviors influence the use of violence in adolescent dating relationships. We use data from the National Survey on Teen Relationships and Intimate Violence (STRiV) (n = 728), a comprehensive national household survey dedicated specifically to the topic of adolescent relationship abuse, to examine associations between requests for money lending, economic control/influence, financial socialization and adolescent relationship abuse among a large, diverse sample of male and female adolescents [48 % female; 30 % non-White, including Black (10 %), Hispanic (2 %), and other (18 %)]. Findings suggest that requests for money lending are associated with heightened risk of moderate and serious threats/physical violence perpetration and victimization, net of traditional predictors. We discuss the implications of our findings for intervention and prevention efforts.

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This research was supported by funding from the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice (Grant No. 2011-WG-BX-0020).

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JE.C. conceived of the study, participated in its design and coordination, conducted the analyses, and drafted the manuscript. E.A.M. and B.G.T. participated in the study design and drafting the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Copp, J.E., Mumford, E.A. & Taylor, B.G. Money Lending Practices and Adolescent Dating Relationship Abuse: Results from a National Sample. J Youth Adolescence 45, 1902–1916 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-016-0521-3

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