Continuation of Dating It Safe: A Longitudinal Study on Teen Dating Violence, Houston, Texas, 2010-2018 (ICPSR 37170)
Version Date: Nov 29, 2022 View help for published
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Jeff R. Temple, University of Texas. Medical Branch
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37170.v1
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Dating It Safe is a longitudinal cohort study of 1,042 youth in southeast Texas. Primarily freshmen high school students were recruited and assessed in the spring of 2010. Follow-up waves were collected annually each spring from 2011 through 2017 (Waves 2-8). The primary aims of this research study were to examine the:
- longitudinal association between the three different forms of teen dating violence (TDV; i.e., physical violence, psychological abuse, and sexual aggression), and
- risk and protective factors of TDV perpetration and victimization.
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None
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Access to these data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research.
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Data Collection Notes View help for Data Collection Notes
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The National Institute of Health (NIH) funded the first three waves of data collection. Beginning in Wave 4 the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) funded Waves 4, 5, 6, and 8. Please note that Wave 7, which occurred in 2016, was a brief health survey which was not funded by either NIH or NIJ and thus excluded from this data collection.
- The seven data files may be linked together by using the unique student identification number (ID). The first digit of this 4-digit identification number represents the school. The remaining thee digits is a unique number created by the Principal Investigator for that student for that school. There is no variable that identifies and allows grouping of students by school.
- With the exception of the baseline data file (DS1) the remaining files contain a year designation affixed to the end of each variable name. For example, for Wave 2 each variable ends with _Y2, and Wave 3 with _Y3, and so on. This was done to differentiate the same variable names that exist across multiple waves of data.
- A secondary data analysis project, available from ICPSR, provides additional syntax created by another researcher based upon this Dating It Safe data collection. This secondary data analysis project is entitled A Longitudinal Examination of Teen Dating Violence From Adolescence to Young Adulthood, Houston, Texas, 2010-2018 (ICPSR 38322). This study collection is publicly available. There are no data files associated with this secondary study. It is only the syntax files.
Study Purpose View help for Study Purpose
Primary aims of this research study were to examine the:
- longitudinal association between the different forms of teen dating violence (TDV).
- longitudinal association between modifiable risk and protective factors and TDV perpetration and victimization.
- differences in gender and ethnicity in TDV perpetration and victimization over time.
- risk and protective factors to concurrently and prospectively predict dating violence.
- design plan of a TDV prevention program that will explicitly target modifiable risk and protective factors.
Study Design View help for Study Design
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.
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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.
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Universe View help for Universe
High school students enrolled in Houston, Texas area school districts in the spring of 2010.
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Description of Variables View help for Description of Variables
The principal investigators provided a year by year crosswalk of major topics / study measures covered in each wave. Topics covered during the majority of waves include:
- dating and relationship history
- dating violence - victim and perpetrator
- sexual history, pregnancy, and pregnancy prevention
- drug, tobacco, and alcohol use - lifetime, past year, and past month use
- general physical health
- mental health - anxiety, depression, PTSD, and hostility
- conflict resolution, stress, and coping
- relationship expectations, attitudes, and beliefs
- gender norms and attitudes
- delinquency, crime, and weapons
- bullying including cyberbulling
- sexting
- peer and parental relationships and behaviors
- body image
Response Rates View help for Response Rates
Of the 1,702 students present on recruitment days, 1,215 returned parental permission forms (71%). From those returning permission forms 1,119 students obtained parental permission to participate (66% of those recruited; 92% of those who returned permission forms). Of these 1,119 students there were 1,046 completed surveys (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 at baseline. Follow up waves maintained a high level of participation.
- Wave 2: 93%, 964 completed surveys
- Wave 3: 86%, 894 completed surveys
- Wave 4: 75%, 776 completed surveys
- Wave 5: 67%, 698 completed surveys
- Wave 6: 73%, 758 completed surveys
- Wave 8: 66%, 685 completed surveys
All 7 data files contain every case (n=1,042) regardless if the follow-up survey was completed.
Presence of Common Scales View help for Presence of Common Scales
- CADRI for dating violence
- AWSA for attitude 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
Original Release Date View help for Original Release Date
2022-11-29
Version History View help for Version History
2022-11-29 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.
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