Longitudinal Cohort Study of Interpersonal Violence Among College-Aged Men and Women, United States, 2019-2020

The extent and consequences of various forms of interpersonal violence (IV) among college-aged persons has been well-documented. This study sought to examine how IV might differ between young adults who go to college compared to those that do not go to college. To better understand the risks for, experiences with, and consequences of IV among young adults, in fiscal year 2016, the National Institute for Justice (NIJ) made an award to Westat to fund the planning phase of a longitudinal study to research the victimization and violence experienced by college-aged individuals. The planning phase was designed to produce a comprehensive plan to conduct a generalizable, longitudinal study examining long-term trajectories of risk for, experiences with, and recovery after experiencing violence and victimization among college-aged individuals. This pilot study was the result of this planning phase. The major variables in this study contained information regarding sexual assault and rape, dating violence, stalking, violence committed by peers, and violence committed by strangers, as well as demographic variables such as participant age, gender, and race.

关于大学生群体中人际暴力（IV）的广泛程度及其后果已有充分记录。本研究旨在探究大学生与未上大学年轻人之间的人际暴力可能存在的差异。为了更好地理解大学生群体中人际暴力的风险、经历及其后果，美国司法部国家司法研究所（NIJ）于2016财年向西斯塔特公司颁发了一项资助，以资助一项纵向研究的规划阶段，旨在研究大学生所遭受的受害和暴力。规划阶段旨在制定一项全面计划，以开展一项具有普遍性的纵向研究，研究大学生遭受暴力及受害后的长期风险轨迹、经历及康复过程。此次试点研究即为规划阶段的结果。本研究的主要变量包含有关性侵犯和强奸、恋爱暴力、跟踪、同龄人实施的暴力以及陌生人实施的暴力等方面的信息，以及参与者的年龄、性别和种族等人口统计学变量。