Longitudinal Investigation of the Risk and Protective Factors of Dating Violence (Dating it Safe) - Firearms

NCT07404800 | Active Not Recruiting

• 2 other identifiers: HSC-MS-24-0006R01CE003614
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 1,500
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Dating Violence; Firearm Injury and Violence

Keywords

dating violence; interparental violence; community violence; firearm injury; firearm violence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• 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

  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.

  2024-2027

Other Outcomes (1)

• Disseminate evidence based products

  2024-2027

Study Arms (1)

Cohort consists of adult participants with an average age of 28 - 30 years old.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

High school freshman and sophomores from 7 ethnically diverse high schools located in Southeast Texas.

You may qualify if:

• 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.

You may not qualify if:

• \- 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston: lead
• Rhode Island Hospital: collaborator
• Georgia State University: collaborator
• Sam Houston State University: collaborator
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas, 77054, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Jeffrey R Temple, PhD

  The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 4, 2026
• First Posted: February 11, 2026
• Study Start: June 16, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2027
• Last Updated: February 11, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)