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                            Funding & Awards
 Continuation of Dating It Safe: A Longitudinal Study on Teen Dating Violence
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              This awardee has received supplemental funding. This award detail page includes information about both the original award and supplemental awards.
Award Information
Awardee
              The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Award #
              2012-WG-BX-0005
Funding Category
              Continuation
Location
                    Galveston, TX
Awardee County
              Galveston
Congressional District
              14
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2012
Total funding (to date)
              $864,072
Original Solicitation
              NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2012, $746,181)
The project team is currently conducting a longitudinal study of TDV in a large school-based sample of 1,042 ethnically and socioeconomically diverse adolescents from multiple school districts. Participants were recruited and assessed as Freshman/Sophomore high school students in 2010, with follow-up in 2011 and 2012. This study will follow the sample of over 1,000 adolescents/young adults for an additional 3 years (1 assessment per year for 3 years). 

The specific aims of this project are to 1) Examine the longitudinal course and associations among the different forms of teen dating violence (physical violence, psychological abuse, and sexual abuse) across multiple teen and young adult relationships; 2) Examine the predictors, contexts, and consequences of TDV perpetration and victimization, including the identification of different developmental trajectories of TDV; 3) Examine how gender, age, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity affect the association of predictors of TDV perpetration and victimization; and 4) Test the theory that distal and proximal risk and protective factors from multiple levels of social influence interact to predict TDV over time.

By addressing the limitations of previous research, this comprehensive longitudinal study of TDV will be an invaluable addition to the field, and will make lasting contributions to the development of dating violence prevention and intervention programs. Specifically, this study will identify predictors and consequences of TDV, examine the mechanisms and conditions underlying the etiology and course of TDV, and examine TDV across multiple teen and young adult relationships. ca/ncf
Supplemental Award 1 (Fiscal Year 2016, $117,891)
Each year, approximately 25% of US teens and emerging adults sustain physical, psychological, or sexual abuse by dating partners. Many victims of dating violence (DV) experience a host of devastating consequences, including acute and chronic mental and physical health problems, suicidality, delinquency, risky sexual behavior, substance abuse, and academic/occupational failure. Moreover, perpetrators of DV are at increased risk for continuing intimate partner violence in adulthood, and victims are at risk for future victimization and perpetration. The vast majority of what we know about DV is derived from cross-sectional studies, with rare short-term longitudinal studies or long-term longitudinal studies where DV was a secondary focus. Moreover, existing long-term longitudinal studies were conducted on older generations of adolescents. Given the changing landscape of sexuality and intimate relationships, shifting norms in support of aggressive behaviors, and the advent of electronic/social media, a contemporary long-term longitudinal study is critically needed. Our research team is finishing a 7-wave/7-year longitudinal study of DV in a large sample of 1,042 ethnically diverse adolescents/emerging adults. Participants were recruited and assessed as Freshman high school students in 2010, with follow-ups annually from 2011 through 2016. We are proposing to follow our current sample for an additional year while we compete for funding to extend the study by 5 years. When finished, we will have 13 years of rich DV data covering individuals from young adolescence through young adulthood  during a period characterized by identity development and the beginning of dating to one characterized by identity formation and the establishment of more permanent intimate relationships and life trajectories. Specific aims are to 1) Examine the longitudinal course and associations among the different forms of DV (physical violence, psychological abuse, sexual abuse) across multiple teen and young adult relationships; 2) Examine the predictors, contexts, and consequences of DV perpetration and victimization, including the identification of different developmental trajectories of DV; 3) Examine how gender, age, SES, and ethnicity affect the association of predictors of DV perpetration and victimization; and 4) Test the theory that distal and proximal risk and protective factors from multiple levels of social influence interact to predict DV over time. This will be the longest study ever conducted with a primary focus on DV, and provides an unprecedented opportunity to examine trajectories, risk/protective factors, course, and consequences of a wide spectrum of abusive behaviors. Findings will undoubtedly inform the development of critically needed DV prevention and treatment programs.  nca/ncf


  
Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Cumulative Incidence of Physical and Sexual Dating Violence: Insights From A Long-term Longitudinal Study
                  Reproductive Coercion and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Among Young Adult Males
                  Reproductive Coercion and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Among a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Young Adult Sample
                  The Impact of Parent-Child Closeness and Romantic Attachment on Dating Violence Perpetration in Adolescence
                  In-person and cyber dating abuse: A longitudinal investigation
                  Patterns of sexting and sexual behaviors in youth: A Latent Class Analysis
                  Risk for dating violence and sexual assault over time: The role of college and prior experiences with violence
                  The Association Between PTSD Symptoms and IPV Perpetration Across 6 Years
                  Gun access, ownership, gun-related experiences, and substance use in young adults: a latent class analysis
                  Polydrug Use and Dating Violence Among Emerging Adults
                  Adolescent Sexting Involvement Over 4 Years and Associations With Sexual Activity
                  Bidirectional Associations Between Acceptability of Violence and Intimate Partner Violence From Adolescence to Young Adulthood
                  Borderline Personality Features Scale for Children-11: Measurement Invariance Over Time and Across Gender in a Community Sample of Adolescents
                  Childhood physical abuse and physical dating violence in young adulthood: The mediating role of adverse mental health
                  Dangerous Weapons or Dangerous People? The Temporal Associations Between Gun Violence and Mental Health
                  Longitudinal Associations Between Sexting, Cyberbullying, and Bullying Among Adolescents Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis
                  Maltreatment Subtypes, Depressed Mood, and Anhedonia: A Longitudinal Study With Adolescents
                  Testing the Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationship Inventory
                  Changes in Acceptance of Dating Violence and Physical Dating Violence Victimization in a Longitudinal Study With Teens
                  Cross-sectional and Temporal Associations Between Cyber Dating Abuse Victimization and Mental Health and Substance Use Outcomes
                  The Stability of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood in Sexual Minorities
                  Does Change in Perceptions of Peer Teen Dating Violence Predict Change in Teen Dating Violence Perpetration Over Time?
                  Predicting Teen Dating Violence Perpetration
                  The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence Exposure in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: A Developmental Psychopathology Approach
                  Age of Onset for Physical and Sexual Teen Dating Violence Perpetration: A Longitudinal Investigation
                  Childhood Corporal Punishment and Future Perpetration of Physical Dating Violence
                  A Three-Step Latent Class Analysis to Identify How Different Patterns of Teen Dating Violence and Psychosocial Factors Influence Mental Health
                  Longitudinal Predictors of Synthetic Cannabinoid Use in Adolescents
                  E-cigarette Use of Young Adults Motivations and Associations With Combustible Cigarette Alcohol, Marijuana, and Other Illicit Drugs
                  Firearm Carrying and Concurrent Substance Use Behaviours in a Community-based Sample of Emerging Adults
                  Firearm Carrying and Concurrent Substance Use Behaviours in a Community-based Sample of Emerging Adults
                  Stability of Alcohol Use and Teen Dating Violence for Female Youth: A Latent Transition Analysis
                  The Associations Between Substance Use, Sexual Behaviors, Bullying, Deviant Behaviors, Health, and Cyber Dating Abuse Perpetration
                  The Distal Consequences of Physical and Emotional Neglect in Emerging Adults: A Person-Centered, Multi-Wave, Longitudinal Study
                  The Role of Bullying in Depressive Symptoms From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood - A Growth Mixture Model
                  Association Between Sexting and Sexual Coercion Among Female Adolescents
                  Digital Forms of Dating Violence: What School Nurses Need To Know
                  Psychological Abuse, Mental Health, and Acceptance of Dating Violence Among Adolescents
                  Utilization of Professional Mental Health Services Related to Population-Level Screening for Anxiety, Depression, and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Among Public High School Students
                  Witnessing Interparental Violence and Acceptance of Dating Violence as Predictors for Teen Dating Violence Victimization
                  The Temporal Association Between Traditional and Cyber Dating Abuse Among Adolescents
                  Sexual Orientation and Borderline Personality Disorder Features in a Community Sample of Adolescents
                  Temporal Association Between Energy Drink and Alcohol Use Among Adolescents: A Short Communication
                  Do Gender and Exposure to Interparental Violence Moderate the Stability of Teen Dating Violence?: Latent Transition Analysis
                  Dating Violence and Substance Use as Longitudinal Predictors of Adolescents' Risky Sexual Behavior
                  First Evidence of a Prospective Relation Between Avoidance of Internal States and Borderline Personality disorder features in adolescents
                  Longitudinal Association Between Teen Sexting and Sexual Behavior




  
Grant-Funded Datasets
        
                      https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37170.v1
                  https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38322.v1

  
Date Created: August 29, 2012
    
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