Findings from the National Survey of Teen Relationships and Intimate Violence (STRiV3)

• In Event: DWC NIJ VAWA Panel: National Institute of Justice’s Teen Dating Violence Research Portfolio

Abstract

The National Survey of Teen Relationships and Intimate Violence (abbreviated “STRiV”) — is the first study to build a comprehensive national portrait of teen and young adult dating violence with detailed measurements of both who perpetrates such violence and who has been victimized. This presentation will focus on study efforts to estimate the prevalence of different forms of relationship abuse among youth, document the characteristics of abusive relationships during adolescence, assess risk factors for abuse, and place these estimates within the context of adolescents’ social relationships and communications. Using multiple waves of surveys with the nationally representative STRiV cohort (2013 baseline n=2,354 parent/youth dyads), STRiV researchers are investigating the role of dating relationship dynamics associated with the longitudinal development of victimization and perpetration, capturing dating violence patterns in the adolescent transition to young adulthood. STRiV research also investigates the direct effects of parent perspectives/behaviors on dating violence outcomes, as well as the mediating effects of parent perspectives/behaviors on the association between relationship dynamics and dating violence outcomes.

Authors

• Bruce Taylor, NORC at the University of Chicago

• Elizabeth Mumford, NORC at the University of Chicago

• Weiwei Liu, NORC at the University of Chicago

• Peggy C. Giordano, Bowling Green State University

• Jennifer Copp, Florida State University