Dating It Safe: A Longitudinal Study on Teen Dating Violence
Dating it Safe investigated longitudinal associations between forms of teen dating violence perpetration and victimization in a cohort of adolescents in Houston, Texas, United States of America. Participants were freshmen high school students aged 15 years on average, residing in Houston, Texas, whose parents gave informed consent for the study. At baseline, over 1,000 teens were included in the study. Participants were followed up seven times over the seven years of the study.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
1,042 (participants)
Age at first data collection
~ 15 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1994 - 1996 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2010
Primary Institutions
University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Department of Justice
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
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