Dating Violence, Firearm Injury and Violence
Conditions
Keywords
dating violence, interparental violence, community violence, firearm injury, firearm violence
Brief summary
This sub-study aims to identify key individual (e.g., demographic, socioeconomic, attitudes), relationship, behavioral and situational, trauma related, and neighborhood/community risk and protective factors for gun access, carriage, and use.
Detailed description
The use of an ongoing longitudinal dataset is cost-effective, efficient, and highly innovative in that we will examine developmental and prospective factors associated with FIV. Indeed, our dataset fills gaps in our existing understanding of FIV through robust assessment of trauma history, risk and protective factors, employment, relationships, and physical and mental health. The study team's use of a community sample, emphasis on protective factors, innovative combination of assessment methods (quantitative and qualitative) and multiple sources (self-reports and official records), and research translation and dissemination to policymakers and practitioners will produce an unparalleled and detailed account of FIV. Findings will be critically important to theoretical development and refinement, as well as informing evidence-based FIV prevention and intervention programs and policy.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Rhode Island Hospital
Georgia State University
Sam Houston State University
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Waves 1-13 (years 2010-2024): High school freshman and sophomores located at a designated study school and classroom that returned a signed parent consent form and student assent form. * Beginning with Wave 10, current partners of participants are eligible to participate. * Waves 13 - 14 (years 2024-2025) + Firearm injury and violence (FIV) cohort: Original study participants from Waves 1-13 and their current partners will be asked gun usage survey questions. Anyone endorsing gun carriage in Wave 11 will be eligible for an in-depth interview in Waves 13 - 14.
Exclusion criteria
\- Anyone not originally consented in 2010 or not a current partner of a participant originally consented in 2010 is not eligible to participate in the research survey. Participants who declined to participate or passed away during previous waves will not be included. Anyone not endorsing gun carriage in Wave 11 will be excluded from in-depth interview invitations.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Identify key individual (e.g., demographic, socioeconomic, attitudes), relationship, behavioral and situational, trauma related, and neighborhood/community risk and protective factors for gun access, carriage, and use. | From 2024 to 2027 | — |
| Qualitative interviews with known gun-carriers | 2024-2027 | Conduct a series of 60 in-depth semi-structured interviews with known gun-carriers (Mean age = 26) recruited from Wave 10 of the ongoing study to better understand their thinking, practices, contexts, and experiences of acquiring, carrying, using, sharing, and storing firearms. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORJeffrey R Temple, PhD
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Outcome results
None listed