# Proximal and Distal Protective Factors for Dating Violence among Child Welfare Involved Adolescents

> **NIH NIH K01** · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL · 2022 · $134,244

## Abstract

Project Summary
 Adolescence dating violence (ADV), contributes to medical, behavioral, and social consequences, including
suicidality, externalizing problems, PTSD, chronic physical health conditions, and homelessness. Strikingly,
child welfare involved adolescents are 200% more likely to experience ADV perpetration and victimization. Yet,
many child welfare involved adolescents also display resilience against ADV. The current study aims to better
identify factors that protect against ADV in the context of child abuse and neglect. Using intensive sampling of
social media (SM) data in concert with self-report assessments of interpersonal characteristics, the current
study examines proximal and distal protective factors for ADV among child welfare involved adolescents.
Candidate: The candidate is a clinical scientist with a background in developmental psychopathology and
ADV. Her prior research uses typical longitudinal modeling and self-report interpersonal characteristics among
normative adolescents. She is applying for a five-year K01 Career Development Award in order to expand her
expertise and support her training, mentorship, and research within child abuse and neglect. Training: Specific
training overseen by the mentorship team through formal coursework, workshops, seminars, conferences,
directed readings, clinical work, and mentored experiences will be received by the candidate. Specifically, she
aims to foster three new areas of expertise: (1) novel and naturalistic assessments of interpersonal
relationships; (2) conducting research in child abuse and neglect among child welfare involved youth; and (3)
large and intensive sampling data management and analysis. The candidate is institutionally supported by
Rhode Island Hospital and the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Mentoring: Four well-established
researchers serve as mentors on this proposal. Each brings complementary expertise consistent with the
study’s aims and training objectives. Dr. Nicole Nugent is the primary mentor and has experience examining
intensive sampling of social interactions via SM data among trauma exposed youth. Three other co-mentors
have expertise in conducting research in child abuse and neglect and collaborating with court systems to
conduct research among child welfare involved youth (Drs. Seifer, Rizzo, and Kemp). Further, Dr. Rizzo is also
an expert in ADV prevention and intervention. In addition, Dr. Jeff Huang has been included as a computer
scientist consultant, providing guidance on the download and management of SM data via a social data
extractor. Research: Using both naturalistic and self-report methods, 100 child welfare involved adolescents
(ages 14-18) will be recruited from the Rhode Island Family Court. The aims of the proposed project are to (1)
Understand proximal (i.e., daily-level) associations between interpersonal relationships (measured via SM) and
DV involvement among child welfare involved adolescents (2) Complement self-report...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10370401
- **Project number:** 5K01HD097218-04
- **Recipient organization:** RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL
- **Principal Investigator:** Charlene Collibee
- **Activity code:** K01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $134,244
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-04-10 → 2024-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10370401

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10370401, Proximal and Distal Protective Factors for Dating Violence among Child Welfare Involved Adolescents (5K01HD097218-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10370401. Licensed CC0.

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