Table 5.

Predicting boys’ teen dating violence perpetration

	Threatening behavior (N = 266)		Verbal/emotional abuse (N = 268)		Relational abuse (N = 264)		Physical abuse (N = 264)		Sexual abuse (N = 265)		Stalking (N = 255)

	AOR	95% CI	AOR	95% CI	AOR	95% CI	AOR	95% CI	AOR	95% CI	AOR	95% CI
Covariates
Site (ref. = Site D)
Site A	.93	.20–4.25	.91	.24–3.40	.58	.12–2.89	.34	.09–1.35	.67	.16–2.83	.30	.02–4.03
Site B	.62	.18–2.11	1.25	.51–3.06	.57	.16–2.02	.28	.09–.86	.90	.30–2.69	.99	.20–4.78
Site C	.38	.08–1.41	1.15	.43–3.10	.52	.13–2.14	.46	.15–1.47	.63	.19–2.12	1.70	.34–8.54
Grade-level (0 = sixth)	.48	.27–.84	1.23	.84–1.79	.56	.32–.97	1.32	.78–2.25	1.06	.65–1.72	.47	.24–.90
Race/ethnicity (ref. = white)
Hispanic	1.17	.17–8.20	2.40	.74–7.74	.23	.05–1.11	1.04	.17–6.48	.60	.15–2.34	1.41	.15–13.61
Black	1.59	.24–10.39	2.18	.69–6.95	.38	.09–1.65	3.34	.59–18.78	.71	.19–2.72	1.28	.13–12.40
Other	6.77	.67–68.62	2.31	.45–11.81	2.21	.35–14.07	2.28	.22–23.55	.52	.07–3.76	1.83	.09–39.39
Exposure to family violence	1.69	.70–4.08	2.41	1.12–5.18	1.46	.61–3.51	2.31	1.06–5.02	1.53	.73–3.20	2.74	.89–8.41
Exposure to community violence	1.05	.42–2.64	1.33	.69–2.57	1.21	.49–3.04	1.43	.65–3.16	.73	.34–1.57	.61	.19–1.93
Predictors
Bully/victim	3.78	1.18–12.13	3.41	1.50–7.80	3.22	1.00–10.35	5.96	2.18–16.35	3.59	1.41–9.18	.96	.27–3.37
Bully perpetration only	3.40	.90–12.90	1.32	.53–3.28	2.41	.57–10.21	1.81	.49–6.62	2.34	.74–7.41	.81	.14–4.57
Bully victimization only	1.19	.19–7.37	.74	.29–1.89	2.86	.64–12.83	1.82	.39–8.59	1.53	.39–5.99	Not included^a
Delinquency/fighting	1.02	.85–1.22	.95	.80–1.15	1.01	.85–1.21	.94	.81–1.09	1.04	.90–1.20	1.09	.89–1.348
Weapon carry	.10	.02–.67	1.00	.27–3.71	.75	.19–3.01	.26	.07–.99	1.55	.50–4.76	2.24	.47–10.80
Alcohol use	4.06	1.59–10.37	3.26	1.53–6.95	2.11	.82–5.43	1.47	.66–3.31	3.23	1.49–6.99	1.09	.33–3.63
Drug use	.67	.21–2.18	.44	.15–1.33	.79	.24–2.53	1.25	.45–3.52	.51	.19–1.38	.50	.10–2.65
Emotional symptoms	1.14	.91–1.43	1.28	1.06–1.53	1.21	.97–1.50	.95	.77–1.16	1.20	.99–1.45	1.24	.96–1.60
Sex initiation	2.26	.86–5.95	2.57	1.11–5.92	1.97	.74–5.22	2.45	1.04–5.77	2.49	1.11–5.62	2.40	.73–7.86
Attitudes toward female violence	.99	.89–1.10	.99	.92–1.06	1.02	.91–1.13	.88	.80–.96	1.00	.91–1.09	1.02	.91–1.16
Attitudes toward male violence	.84	.74–.94	.96	.88–1.06	.97	.86–1.10	.96	.87–1.06	1.02	.92–1.14	.93	.81–1.07
Model R²	.356		.287		.206		.346		.220		.216

Significant relationships at p < .05 are shown in boldface.

AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

Bullying victimization only was not included in the stalking model due to small cell size count (n < 5).