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                            Funding & Awards
 Risky Relationships and Teen Dating Violence Among High-Risk Adolescents
Award Information
Awardee
              The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
Award #
              2009-IJ-CX-0004
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Charlottesville, VA
Awardee County
              Albemarle
Congressional District
              5
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2009
Total funding (to date)
              $447,381
Original Solicitation
              NIJ FY09 Research and Evaluation on Sexual and Teen Dating Violence
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2009, $447,381)
This short-term longitudinal study will examine the prevalence rates and risk factors associated with dating violence among a sample of high-risk youth. The goal of this comprehensive, in-depth examination of dating violence is to develop a better understanding of how to promote positive relationships for youth most at risk for initiating, maintaining, and reengaging in unhealthy romantic relationships. Second, the research will explore risk factors associated with (a) remaining in relationships after abuse has occurred and (b) continued victimization and/or perpetration of violence as youth move between relationships. Third, we will test whether relationship-level characteristics (e.g., unequal power dynamics, sexual activity) relate to dating violence among high risk youth. Finally, in response to calls for more research on the consequences of dating older partners (Hines & Finkelhor, 2007), this project will investigate whether age differences between high-risk adolescents and their partners relate to relationship violence; furthermore, we will explore potential mediators of this relationship to determine why partner age differences might matter in adolescent relationships.

An ethnically-diverse sample of at least 200 (50% female) high-risk adolescents will be recruited from Community Attention, a service-based agency located in a mid-sized city in the Mid-Atlantic region. Participants will range in age from 15 to 18 years old, but will only be eligible if they have been involved in a romantic relationship that lasted for at least one month. Adolescents will participate in two waves of data collection. In Wave 1 participants will complete two hours of assessments designed to measure basic background variables, common risk and protective factors associated with teen dating violence, and the prevalence and trajectories of relationship violence among high-risk youth. Positive relationship outcomes, namely negotiation and caring, will also be assessed. Approximately one year later, participants will complete a follow-up interview. Wave 2 will consist of the same measures, but will capture adolescents' experiences with new partners since Wave 1. Thus, this dataset will contain in-depth information about relationship characteristics; psychological, physical, and sexual dating violence; and positive outcomes experienced within high-risk adolescents' first 1 - 3 romantic relationships.

To test the research questions, the investigators will employ a combination of descriptive statistics and
traditional and more advanced data analysis methods. For example, multiple regression analyses will be conducted to determine which pattems of risk factors relate to victimization and perpetration of violence among high-risk youth. Latent Growth analyses will be employed to examine which risk factors are associated with participants' trajectories into and out of violent relationships. All analyses will use the full sample (n - 200), but because boys and girls might experience different risk factors (O'Keefe & Tresiter, 1998), gender-specific analyses will be conducted.  For example, partner age differences may pose a unique risk for experiencing relationship violence among girls.


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Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Project D.A.T.E.: A Review of the Findings on Risky Relationships and Teen Dating Violence Among Low Income/Service-Receiving Adolescents in the Charlottesville Area
                  Older Opposite-Sex Romantic Partners, Sexual Risk, and Victimization in Adolescence
                  Review of the Findings From Project D.A.T.E.: Risky Relationships and Teen Dating Violence Among At-Risk Adolescents




  
Grant-Funded Datasets
        
                      https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34597.v1

  
Date Created: September 22, 2009
    
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