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 Life Course, Relationship, and Situational Contexts of Teen Dating Violence
Award Information
Awardee
              Bowling Green State University
Award #
              2009-IJ-CX-0503
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Bowling Green, OH
Awardee County
              Wood
Congressional District
              5
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2009
Total funding (to date)
              $596,728
Original Solicitation
              NIJ FY09 Research and Evaluation on Sexual and Teen Dating Violence
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2009, $596,728)
This research builds upon a large, prospective longitudinal study of adolescent romantic and sexual relationships (The Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study-TARS ' N=1092). Planned analyses of quantitative and qualitative data collected across four waves of TARS interviews combined with new structured and in-depth interviews focused specifically on the youngest cohort of youths will provide a more comprehensive portrait of the: a) life course, b) relationship, and c) situational contexts that foster teen dating violence. Of major interest is to specify how experiences associated with gender influence processes that result in violent outcomes, as well as youths' own perceptions of the meanings of violent events in their lives and relationships. 

The following specific aims will be addressed: 

1) To describe the incidence and prevalence of relationship abuse across the period of adolescence, and as young people navigate the transition to young adulthood. The study design and measurement employed in previous waves of TARS permit an assessment of the demographic patterning of TDV (including physical perpetration and victimization, psychological abuse, and sexual coercion) with respect to gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, neighborhood and school context and other factors, and exploration of the less well researched area of developmental progressions in the experience of TDV.  Early risk factors will be explored (e.g., parent's use of violence, neighborhood characteristics, peer normative climates, formative dating experiences) and contemporaneous circumstances associated with life course trajectories of perpetration and victimization. 

2) To explore similarities and differences in the nature, qualities and dynamics within violent and non-violent teen dating relationships. The initial TARS project developed from the assumption that teen romantic relationships are complex, and likely to be incompletely described with reference to a single quality or construct (e.g., casual vs. serious; duration of the relationship). The perspective guiding this investigation, symbolic interaction, and associated measurement emphasis highlights that the ways in which dating and romance are experienced by young women and men are inherently subjective. Thus in addition to behavioral measures, measurements of emotional feelings (e.g., a passionate love scale), and other subjective states (e.g., a perceived lack of identity support) are also included. 

3) To investigate the situational contexts of violence by collecting new quantitative data from the
youngest cohort of TARS respondents (N=457) specifically focused on TDV, and qualitative 'relationship history narratives' from youths reporting at least one experience with abuse (N=100). The goal is to document the progression of abuse within particular relationships by detailing cognitive, emotional, behavioral and social factors that influence patterns of escalation and de-escalation. 


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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
                  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
                  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
                  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 22, 2009
    
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