Publications by authors named "Thad Steven Benefield"
Background: This study identifies potentially modifiable risk factors for the onset of and chronic victimization from serious physical and sexual dating violence.
Methods: One thousand two hundred ninety-one 8th and 9th graders from a county in North Carolina were assessed annually for 5 and 4 years, respectively.
Results: For males, having been hit by an adult with the intention of harm, having low self-esteem, and having been in a physical fight with a peer predicted onset of serious physical dating violence victimization.