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Help-seeking and help-offering for teen dating violence among acculturating Mexican American adolescents

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  • Rueda, Heidi Adams
  • Williams, Lela Rankin
  • Nagoshi, Julie L.

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Help-seeking sources, motivations, and barriers concerning teen dating violence are rarely co-examined alongside help-offering processes and messages, and both are understudied among minority youth populations. This study sought the perspectives of Mexican American adolescents (ages 15 to 17) concerning their preferences and experiences with both help-seeking and help-offering. Twenty focus groups (N=64 adolescents) were divided by gender and by acculturation level to allow for group comparisons. Friends and supportive family members were primary sources of help, although adolescents voiced a number of barriers to help-seeking. The most prominent barrier was fear they would be told to leave the relationship, an anticipated message that aligned with their tendency to tell others to do so. Help-seeking was viewed as a weakness, and help-offering was reserved for friends that asked for it. Recommendations for programs and practice with youth include promoting culturally and gender attuned teen dating violence services that emphasize confidentiality, and working at the family, peer, and school levels to foster healthy relationships.

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  • Rueda, Heidi Adams & Williams, Lela Rankin & Nagoshi, Julie L., 2015. "Help-seeking and help-offering for teen dating violence among acculturating Mexican American adolescents," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 219-228.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:53:y:2015:i:c:p:219-228
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.04.001
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    1. Adams, Heidi L. & Williams, Lela Rankin, 2011. "What they wish they would have known: Support for comprehensive sexual education from Mexican American and White adolescents' dating and sexual desires," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 33(10), pages 1875-1885, October.
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    1. Storer, Heather L. & Nyerges, Eva X. & Hamby, Sherry, 2022. "Technology “Feels Less Threatening”: The processes by which digital technologies facilitate youths’ access to services at intimate partner violence organizations," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 139(C).
    2. Sónia Caridade & Inês Pinheiro & Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, 2020. "Stay or Leave Abusive Dating Relationships: Portuguese Victims’ Reasons and Barriers," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 9(5), pages 1-14, May.

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