Mapping the contours of teen dating violence: An ecologically-informed grounded theory approach to understanding romantic relationship development among Black girls

项目概要/摘要 青少年约会暴力（TDV）受害与抑郁症，饮食失调， 获得性传播感染，以及经历意外怀孕， 物质使用，自杀意念，伤害和死亡。尽管暴露于TDV的可能性更高， 对于年轻的黑人女性，很少有研究涉及健康和规范的浪漫关系 作为解决TDV和减少不健康的一种方式， 关系动态然而，要了解健康的浪漫关系的形成， 考虑黑人女孩的生活经历和结构因素之间的相互作用， 破坏他们关系的质量，例如负面的种族化和性别刻板印象。 此外，文化资产，个人和集体的资源，使民族文化 团体保持积极的身份信念和健康结果随着时间的推移，可能会提供重要的 关于黑人少女健康关系发展的见解。当前 一项提案将对15-21岁的年轻黑人女性进行半结构化访谈，以了解 在他们的浪漫关系中发生了什么;关系是如何开始的，外部的， 结构性影响，女孩个人的内部和外部资产， 关系，以及关系如何以及为什么结束。从分析中得出的代码和主题 数据将被用来开发新的理论，如何浪漫关系的发展，为黑人女孩 在青春期。具体来说，旅程地图（目标1）将描述这些 从启蒙到幻灭。情况分析（目标2）将确定许多 人类、非人类、社会文化和结构性的影响。最后， 反叙事分析（目标3）将揭示这方面的重要弹性标志。 为弱势群体提供信息，并改进防止家庭暴力的方案。总的来说，这些数据 驱动分析将创建一个总体的“理论故事”的外部和结构 对黑人女孩的浪漫关系的影响，以及他们获得的文化资产， 维持或结束关系。最重要的是，这项研究将作为基础， 我们团队计划的R 01提交文件的开发，以开发和测试干预措施， 减少黑人青年的TDV。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Teen dating violence (TDV) victimization is associated with depression, disordered eating, acquiring sexually transmitted infections, as well as experiencing unplanned pregnancy, substance use, suicidal ideation, injury, and death. Despite a higher likelihood of exposure to TDV for young Black women, few studies have addressed healthy and normative romantic relationship development among Black adolescent girls as a way to address TDV and reduce unhealthy relationship dynamics. Yet, to understand healthy romantic relationship formation, it is necessary to consider the interplay between Black girls’ lived experiences and structural factors that may undermine the quality of their relationships, such as negative racialized and gendered stereotypes. In addition, cultural assets, the individual and collective resources that enable ethnocultural groups to maintain positive identity beliefs and health outcomes over time, may offer important insight regarding the development of Black adolescent girls’ healthy relationships. The current proposal will use semi-structured interviews with young Black women aged 15-21 to understand what occurs during their romantic relationships; how the relationships are initiated, external and structural influences, internal and external assets of the individual girl, milestones during relationships, how and why the relationships end. Codes and themes derived from the analysis of data will be used to develop new theory of how romantic relationships develop for Black girls during adolescence. Specifically, journey maps (aim 1) will describe the trajectory of these relationships from initiation to disillusion. Situational analysis (aim 2) will identify the numerous human, nonhuman, sociocultural, and structural influences on these relationships. Finally, counternarrative analysis (aim 3) will bring to the light the important resilience markers for this vulnerable group to inform and improve TDV prevention programming. Taken together, this data driven analysis will create an overarching “theoretical story” of the external and structural influences on romantic relationships for Black girls as well as the cultural assets they garner to sustain or end their relationships. Most importantly, this research will serve as a foundation for the development of our team’s planned R01 submission to develop and test an intervention to reduce TDV among Black youth.