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

项目摘要/摘要 青少年约会暴力(TDV)受害者与抑郁、饮食失调、 获得性传播感染，以及经历意外怀孕， 药物使用、自杀意念、伤害和死亡。尽管接触TDV的可能性更高 对于年轻的黑人女性来说，很少有研究涉及健康和规范的浪漫关系 黑人青春期女孩的发展作为应对TDV和减少不健康的一种方式 关系动态。然而，要理解健康的浪漫关系的形成，这是必要的 考虑黑人女孩的生活经历和结构性因素之间的相互作用 破坏他们的关系质量，例如负面的种族主义和性别成见。 此外，文化资产，个人和集体资源，使民族文化 随着时间的推移，保持积极的身份信念和健康结果的群体，可能会提供重要的 关于黑人青春期女孩健康关系发展的洞察。海流 提案将使用对15-21岁年轻黑人女性的半结构化访谈来了解 在他们的浪漫关系中发生了什么；关系是如何开始的，外部的和 结构性影响、女孩个人的内部和外部资产、 关系，关系结束的方式和原因。从分析得出的代码和主题 数据将被用来开发关于黑人女孩如何发展浪漫关系的新理论 在青春期。具体地说，旅程地图(目标1)将描述这些运动的轨迹 从启蒙到幻灭的关系。形势分析(目标2)将确定众多 人类的、非人类的、社会文化的和结构性的影响这些关系。最后， 对比性分析(目标3)将揭示这方面的重要复原力标志 向弱势群体宣传和改进TDV预防规划。综合来看，这些数据 驱动型分析将创建一个关于外部和结构的统领性的“理论故事” 对黑人女孩恋爱关系的影响以及她们获得的文化资产 维持或结束他们的关系。最重要的是，这项研究将成为 我们团队计划的R01提交的开发，以开发和测试干预 减少黑人青年中的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.