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                            Funding & Awards
 Life Course, Relationship, and Situational Contexts of Teen Dating Violence
Award Information
Awardee
              Bowling Green State University
Award #
              2010-MU-MU-0031
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Bowling Green, OH
Awardee County
              Wood
Congressional District
              5
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2010
Total funding (to date)
              $346,275
Original Solicitation
              NIJ FY 10 ORE Research and Evaluation on VAW: Sexual Violence, Teen Dating Violence and Stalking
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2010, $346,275)
Intimate partner violence necessarily occurs within the context of relationships, but knowledge of the character and dynamics of teen and young adult violent relationships is limited. The research builds on a large, prospective longitudinal study of adolescent romantic and sexual relationships (Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study-TARS). Currently the grantee has funding to interview the youngest cohort (one third of the existing sample). However, interviews with two additional cohorts (the entire TARS sample) will allow a complete age-graded portrait of teen and young adult dating violence, extending to the critical age period in which intimate partner violence increases exponentially in frequency and seriousness. Analyses of the four waves of existing TARS interviews, combined with new structured and in-depth qualitative interviews based on responses of the entire sample will provide a portrait of the: a) life stage, b) relationship, and c) situational contexts that foster teen and young adult intimate partner violence. Drawing on a symbolic interactionist perspective we focus on the respondents' perceptions of the meanings and impact of violent events in their lives and relationships. Of particular interest is to specify the universal and uniquely gendered aspects of intimate partner violence as individuals transition from early adolescence to young adulthood.
The project includes three specific aims. 1) To analyze the incidence, prevalence, and patterns of relationship abuse from adolescence to young adulthood. TARS are innovative because it moves beyond school-based samples and include oversamples of African-American and Hispanic respondents, enabling analysis of the socio-demographic patterning of TDV (e.g., physical perpetration and victimization, psychological abuse, and sexual coercion). Further, the long window of observation (over a ten year period) will establish patterns from age 13 to 25 and show how developmental life stage is related to relationship abuse. The project will also identify distinct trajectories of abuse and examine early risk factors and contemporaneous circumstances associated with these varying life course experiences of perpetration and victimization.  It moves beyond the limited prior research on change processes by identifying factors linked to desistance, escalation and persistence in TDV. 2) To examine similarities and differences in violent and non-violent relationships.  3) To identify situational contexts within relationships that amplify risk for violence.
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Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Gender, Relationship Concerns, and Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood
                  Gender, Relationship Concerns, and Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood
                  The Stress of Motherhood and Intimate Partner Violence during Emerging Adulthood
                  "Micro-cultures" of conflict: Couple-level perspectives on reasons for and causes of intimate partner violence in young adulthood
                  Some Cognitive Transformations about the Dynamics of Desistance
                  Some cognitive transformations about the dynamics of desistance
                  ‘Micro-Cultures’ of Conflict: Couple-Level Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood
                  An Exploratory Investigation of Parental Incarceration, Emotional Independence, and Adult Children's Criminal Activity
                  An Exploratory Investigation of Parental Incarceration, Emotional Independence, and Adult Children’s Criminal Activity
                  Relationship Dynamics Associated with Dating Violence among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Feminist Post-Structural Analysis
                  The Influence of Demographic, Relational, and Risk Asymmetries on the Frequency of Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood
                  The Relationship Context of Early Transitions to Parenthood: The Influence of Arrest
                  The Stress of Motherhood and Intimate Partner Violence During Emerging Adulthood
                  Continuing Education: Toward a Life-Course Perspective on Social Learning
                  Desistance from Crime during the Transition to Adulthood: The Influence of Parents, Peers, and Shifts in Identity
                  Identifying as a Troublemaker/Partier: The Influence of Parental Incarceration and Emotional Independence
                  The Influence of Demographic, Relational, and Risk Asymmetries on the Frequency of Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood
                  When Worlds Collide: Linking Involvement with Friends and Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood
                  When Worlds Collide: Linking Involvement with Friends and Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood
                  Criminal Justice Involvement and Young Adult Health: The Role of Adolescent Health Risks and Stress
                  Desistance from Crime during the Transition to Adulthood: The Influence of Parents, Peers, and Shifts in Identity
                  Inducing Jealousy and Intimate Partner Violence Among Young Adults
                  Linking Parental Incarceration and Family Dynamics Associated with Intergenerational Transmission: A Life Course Perspective
                  Linking parental incarceration and family dynamics associated with intergenerational transmission: A life-course perspective
                  Neighborhood Norms, Disadvantage, and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration
                  Neighborhood Norms, Disadvantage, and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration
                  The Development of Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence: An Examination of Key Correlates Among a Sample of Young Adults
                  The Development of Attitudes toward Intimate Partner Violence: An Examination of Key Correlates among a Sample of Young Adults
                  Cohabitation and Intimate Partner Violence During Emerging Adulthood: High Constraints and Low Commitment
                  Relationship Abuse During the Transition From Adolescence to Young Adulthood
                  Dating Violence and Physical Health: A Longitudinal Lens on the Significance of Relationship Dynamics and Anti-social Lifestyle Characteristics
                  A Prospective Study of Adolescents' Sexual Partnerships on Emerging Adults' Relationship Satisfaction and Intimate Partner Aggression
                  Anger, Control, and Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood
                  Parents, Identities, and Trajectories of Antisocial Behavior from Adolescence to Young Adulthood
                  Contested Domains, Verbal "Amplifiers," and Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood
                  Relationship Context and Intimate Partner Violence From Adolescence to Young Adulthood
                  Life Course, Relationship, and Situational Contexts of Teen Dating Violence: A Final Summary Overview

  
Date Created: September 16, 2010
    
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