DOI: 10.3886/icpsr38322.v1
title: A Longitudinal Examination of Teen Dating Violence From Adolescence to Young Adulthood, Houston, Texas, 2010-2018
title: Version 1

description: The Principal Investigator for this project created three SPSS syntax files for the purpose of secondary data analysis utilizing existing data from the study Continuation of Dating It Safe: A Longitudinal Study on Teen Dating Violence, Houston, Texas, 2010-2018 (ICPSR 37170). This study was a longitudinal cohort study of 1,042 youth in southeast Texas surveyed each spring for 7 waves. The purpose of the Dating It Safe study was to examine the longitudinal association between the different forms of physical, psychological, and sexual aggression within teen dating violence (TDV).
description: The aims of this project were to examine: The onset and stability of different forms of teen dating violence (TDV) perpetration and victimization (physical, psychological, and sexual) across adolescence; Risk and protective factors for the onset and stability of TDV perpetration across individual (e.g., substance use; coping skills), family (e.g., parental substance use; parental monitoring), and community (e.g., peer violence) levels over time; Mental health (e.g., depression) and behavioral health (e.g., risky sexual behavior) outcomes following TDV victimization over time; and How gender, age, and race/ethnicity affect the onset and stability of TDV, associations between risk and protective factors and TDV perpetration, and the associations between TDV victimization and health outcomes.
description: For Baseline (spring 2010), Wave 2 (spring 2011), Wave 3 (spring 2012), and Wave 4 (spring 2013) assessments occurred during school hours using paper/pencil questionnaires. For the remaining three waves, the survey was completed via a web-based platform in the spring of 2014, 2015, and 2017. Written parental consent and child assent were obtained. Participants were re-consented when they reached the age of 18.
description: The syntax files can be used to create scores for: PTSD Hard drug use Acceptability of violence Depression Generalized anxiety disorder Conflict in adolescent dating relationship inventory Physical violence perpetration Psychological violence perpetration Sexual violence perpetration
description: Not applicable
description: Response Rates: Of the 1,702 students present on recruitment days for the Dating It Safe study, 1,215 returned parental permission forms (71%). Of those 1,215 students 1,119 obtained parental permission to participate (66% of those recruited; 92% of those who returned permission forms). From those 1,119 students receiving parental permission 1,046 students completed the survey (62% of those recruited; 94% of those who received parental permission). Four surveys were discarded because of overt random responding, which resulted in a total of 1,042 participants recruited and assessed.Participant retention rates for the follow-up assessments were high: 93% at Wave 2; 86% at Wave 3; 75% at Wave 4; 67% at Wave 5; 73% at Wave 6, and 66% at Wave 8.
description: Presence of Common Scales: CADRI for dating violence AWSA for attitudes toward women ECR-RS for experiences in close relationships SCARED for anxiety BIS-11a for impulsivity CESD-10 for depression PC-PTSD for PTSD AFQ-Y for Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire CTQ-SF for childhood trauma PSS for stress KidCope for coping AICQ for conflict resolution
description: Participants were recruited from seven high schools from multiple Houston-area school districts. At baseline the mean age of the sample was 15 years, and 56% were female. The racial/ethnic distribution of the baseline sample was 28% African American, 29% white non-Hispanic, 31% Hispanic, 4% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 8% Mixed/Other. Study recruitment occurred during school hours in freshman and sophomore classes with mandated attendance (i.e., health, media literacy, world geography, and English). All students present in the selected classes were eligible to participate.
description: Datasets: DS1: A Longitudinal Examination of Teen Dating Violence From Adolescence to Young Adulthood, Houston, Texas, 2010-2018
description: High school students enrolled in Houston, Texas area school districts in the spring of 2010. Smallest Geographic Unit: None
description: on-site questionnaire; web-based surveyPlease note that the Principal Investigator did not provide information as to which syntax files from this study correspond to the multiple data files belonging to the Dating It Safe study.