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International Family and Community Studies ~ August Orientation ~ Natasha Sianko, PhD Clemson University August 2014.

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1 International Family and Community Studies ~ August Orientation ~ Natasha Sianko, PhD Clemson University August 2014

2 pre-IFNL Brief background

3 IFNL, then and now Moved to the US to start IFCS in 2007 The happiest summer 2012

4 Professional & Teaching Experience  Research Assistant Professor, Institute on Family & Neighborhood Life, Clemson University (2012 - present)  Washington Policy Fellow, American Orthopsychiatric Association (2010-2011) Courses taught and co-taught  FCS 813 (Research Methods I & II)  FCS 840 (Topics in Societal and International Research)  PO SC 305 (Democracy building in post-conflict societies, “creative inquiry”)  PSYCH 498 (The Global Community, “creative inquiry”)  Foreign language and culture courses More background...

5 Violence prevention Community development and democracy promotion Social justice and human rights Children’s right to participation Indicator development for social research and policy Research interests

6 Teen dating violence Introduction PI: Dr. Jim McDonell

7 Teen Dating Violence (TDV) Research site

8 TDV Study design Community context Teachers & service providers caregivers 589 teens X 4 years = 4 waves

9 What we know Selected findings from Wave I Dating violence experience

10 Selected findings from Wave I Predictors of DV perpetrationPredictors of DV victimization

11 Risk factors Involvement in violent relationships What we don’t know E.g., exposure to family violence, depression, substance abuse, caregiver’s experience of DV, parenting style, DV perpetration/ victimization

12 Risk factors Involvement in violent relationships: (a) victim (b) perpetrator Moderators of TDV Parenting style

13 Witnessing family violence Involvement in violent relationships: (a) victim Moderators of TDV Parenting style

14 Nurturing parenting - a buffer of dating violence victimization among teens Witnessing family violence Teen dating violence victimization

15 Nurturing parenting - a buffer of dating violence perpetration among teens Teen dating violence victimization Witnessing family violence

16 What is next Developmental factors Developmental and gender differences in the way risk and protective factors play out in TDV victimization and perpetration Community influences Community characteristics that put teens at risk for becoming involved in violent dating relationships Community beliefs about dating violence and rates of child maltreatment/ # of teens who experienced violence in a dating relationship

17 What is next Latent growth curve modeling Identify multilevel factors that define developmental trajectory of adolescent dating violence Individual -> Family -> Community ->

18 What is next TDV & technology

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