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Project PRIDE: Engaging High School Students in Reducing Teen Dating Violence in Their School

Watts, Vanessa Blair
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0903-9094
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1471880717

Abstract Details

2016, Doctor of Philosophy, Miami University, Psychology.
Teen dating violence (TDV) is a dangerous and pervasive problem, and it is associated with a host of negative psychological, behavioral, health, and academic outcomes. While other forms of violence are addressed in schools, TDV has received less attention from school-based prevention efforts. The empirical support for school-based TDV prevention programs is limited and additional research is needed. Schools are in need of effective and sustainable prevention programs to address TDV in their students. The current study explores the outcomes of engaging youth in the process of addressing TDV at their school. Students from ninth through twelfth grade participated in a community-based participatory research (CBPR) project that engaged them in both research and prevention design and implementation to address TDV in their school. A mixed-method, longitudinal study design combined survey and group interview data to examine the school-wide and youth committee impact of using a CBPR approach to address TDV. The findings suggest that high school students can effectively engage in the CBPR process to design a TDV prevention program and that their participation is associated with an increase in positive youth development. The study supports further research examining youth engagement in CBPR to address TDV prevention.
Paul Flaspohler, PhD (Committee Chair)
Jennifer Green, PhD (Committee Member)
Elizabeth Kiel-Luebbe, PhD (Committee Member)
Dawna-Cricket-Martita Meehan, PhD (Committee Member)
Amity Noltemeyer, PhD (Committee Member)
136 p.
Clinical Psychology
Teen Dating Violence; Adolescent Dating Violence; Community-Based Participatory Research; Action Research; Positive Youth Development; Prevention Program

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  • Watts, V. B. (2016). Project PRIDE: Engaging High School Students in Reducing Teen Dating Violence in Their School [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1471880717

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Watts, Vanessa. Project PRIDE: Engaging High School Students in Reducing Teen Dating Violence in Their School. 2016. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1471880717.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Watts, Vanessa. "Project PRIDE: Engaging High School Students in Reducing Teen Dating Violence in Their School." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1471880717

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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