Center for Family and Demographic Research

Building on the longitudinal study of adolescent romantic and sexual relationships (Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study-TARS), this research, funded by the NIJ and NIH, utilizes a longitudinal approach to investigate the scope, causes, and trajectories of intimate partner violence during the adolescent period. Planned analyses of quantitative and qualitative data collected across four waves of TARS interviews combined with new structured and in-depth interviews will provide a more comprehensive portrait of the incidence and prevalence of relationship abuse across the period of adolescence, and as young people navigate the transition to young adulthood. The study will also explore the full range of positive, negative, and conceptually neutral relationship dynamics, including power and asymmetries within relationships associated with dating violence, and situational factors (e.g., drug and alcohol use, the presence of others) that serve to heighten risk.

Funded by the following grants:

Life Course, Relationship, and Situational Contexts of Teen Dating Violence (NIJ)
Peggy C. Giordano (PI)
Wendy D. Manning (CI)
Monica A. Longmore (CI)

Life Course, Relationship, and Situational Contexts of Teen Dating Violence (NIH)
Peggy C. Giordano (PI)
Wendy D. Manning (CI)
Monica A. Longmore (CI)

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Giordano, Peggy C., Danielle A. Soto, Wendy D. Manning, and Monica A. Longmore. 2010. “The Characteristics of Romantic Relationships Associated with Teen Dating Violence.” Social Science Research 39(6):863-874. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.03.009 PMCID: PMC2964890

Mulford, Carrie, and Peggy C. Giordano. 2008. “Teen Dating Violence: A Closer Look at Adolescent Romantic Relationships.” National Institute of Justice Journal, Issue 261, pp. 34-40.

CFDR WORKING PAPERS:

2009-14  Giordano, Peggy C., Danielle A. Soto, Wendy D. Manning, and Monica A. Longmore. “The Characteristics of Adolescent Romantic Relationships Associated with Teen Dating Violence.” A revised version of this paper was published in (2010) Social Science Research 36(6):863-874 as “The Characteristics of Romantic Relationships Associated with Teen Dating Violence.”