Dating Relationships

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Munshi*, I., Basting*, E. J., Reich*, K., & Goncy, E.A. (2026). Synergy effect of childhood maltreatment: When problematic alcohol use and impulsive emotional dysregulation predict dating aggression perpetration. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 

http://doi.org.10.1177/08862605251414452

 

Hundt*, D., & Goncy, E. A. (2025). Examining the relationship between intimate partner violence, trauma, attachment, and help-seeking self-efficacy. McNair National Research Journal, 4, 1-11.

 

Munshi*, I., Basting*, E.J., Dongarra*, M., Harangozo*, J. & Goncy, E. A. (2024). Emerging adult perceptions of costs and benefits of using information and communication technology in dating relationships. Personal Relationships.

https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12566

 

Basting*, E. J., Munshi*, I., Harangozo*, J., Dongarra*, M., & Goncy, E. A. (2023). When does technology use within dating relationships cross the line? A thematic content analysis of semi-structured interviews with young adults. Psychology of Violence, 13 (6), 488-496. https://doi-org.10.1037/vio0000479

 

Sexual Health Information

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Munshi*, I., Ishaq*, J., Liebhardt*, B., & Goncy, E. A. (2023). Maternal communication about sexual content and ease of access to contraceptives. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52, 1607-1616. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02476-4

 

Ishaq*, J., Munshi*, I., Liebhardt*, B., & Goncy, E. A. (2023). Identifying gaps in sexual health education: What women learned and what women wish they learned. American Journal of Sexuality Education, 18, 4, 523-539. https://doi.org/10.1080/15546128.2023.2169975

 

Fuller, K., Goncy, E.A., Clonan-Roy, K., Naser, S., Feerstra, G., Caldwell, J., & Gupta*, N. (2026). Development and pilot of an LGBTQ+ inclusive sexual health education curriculum through a community and youth-driven initiative. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 41 (2), 554-569. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2026.2675616

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Measurement of Problem Behaviors, Substance Use, and Dating Abuse

 

Farrell, A. D., Thompson, E. L., Mehari, K. R., Sullivan, T. N., & Goncy, E. A. (2020). Assessment of in-person and cyber aggression and victimization, substance use, and delinquent behavior during early adolescence. Assessment, 27, 1213-1229. http://doi.org/10.1177/1073191118792089

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Goncy, E. A., & Rothman, E. F. (2019). The reliability and validity of the Dating Abuse Perpetration Acts Scale in an urban, emergency department-based sample of male and female youth. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 34, 2246-2268. http://doi.org/10.1177/0886260516660299

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Goncy, E. A., Farrell, A. D., Sullivan, T. N., & Taylor*, K. A. (2016). Measurement of adolescent dating aggression during middle school: Structure, measurement invariance, and distinction from general aggression. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26, 509-523. http:/doi.org/10.1111/jora.12208

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Farrell, A. D., Goncy, E.A., Sullivan, T. N., & Thompson, E. L. (2018). Evaluation of the Problem Behavior Frequency Scale - Teacher Report Form for assessing behavior in a sample of urban adolescents. Psychological Assessment, 30, 1277-1291. http://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000571 

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Farrell, A. D., Sullivan, T. N., Goncy, E. A., & Le, A. T. H. (2016). Assessment of adolescents’ victimization, aggression, and problem behaviors: Evaluation of the Problem Behavior Frequency Scale. Psychological Assessment, 28, 702-714. http:/doi.org/10.1037/pas0000225

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Intergenerational Transmission of Dating Abuse: Meta-analyses 

 

Dr. Goncy has completed two comprehensive meta-analysis of studies that have examined the impact of interparental violence (mother-to-father, father-to-mother, combined) and parent-to-child violence (mother-to-child, father-to-child, parent-to-child) on perpetration and victimization of dating abuse/violence in both adolescents (ages 10-18) and young adults (ages 18-25). These studies will examine several moderators, including type of violence (e.g., physical, psychological), form (i.e., perpetration, victimization), age (adolescent, young adult), gender (males, females), and location.

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Goncy, E. A. Basting*, E., & Dunn*, C. B. (2020). A meta-analysis of parent-child aggression and dating abuse during adolescence and young adulthood. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse. https//doi.org/10.1177/152483802091/15602

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Goncy, E. A. (2020). A meta-analysis of interparental aggression with adolescent and young adulthood physical and psychological dating abuse. Psychology of Violence, 10, 212-222. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000266

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Teen dating violence victimization in an urban sample of early adolescents: Measurement, prevalence, trajectories, and consequences

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This project was designed to further the understanding of dating aggression (DA) during early adolescence to guide efforts aimed at early identification and the development of targeted prevention and intervention efforts. This project involved secondary data analysis of longitudinal data from seven cohorts of urban, early adolescents from the Virginia Commonwealth University’s CDC funded Youth Violence Prevention Center study. The main aims of this project were: a) to evaluate the structure, stability, psychometric properties, and content validity of a modified version of the Safe Dates Dating Aggression scale, b) to describe prevalence rates and identify typologies of DA victimization and perpetration in urban early adolescents, c) to examine the extent to which witnessing community violence and victimization are related to DA typologies, d) to establish the relation between DA and mental health as reflected in frequency of aggression, substance use, antisocial behavior, and trauma-related distress, and e) to determine trajectories of DA victimization and perpetration across the three years of middle school (i.e., grades 6 to 8).

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Sullivan, T. N., Goncy, E. A., Garthe, R. C., Carlson, M. M., Behrhorst, K. L., & Farrell, A.D. (2020). Patterns of dating aggression and victimization in relation to school environment factors among middle school students. Youth and Society, 52, 1128-1152.  http://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X19844884

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Goncy, E. A., Farrell, A. D., & Sullivan, T. N. (2018). Patterns of change in adolescent dating victimization and aggression during middle school. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47, 501-514. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-017-0715-3  

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Goncy, E. A., Sullivan, T. N., Farrell, A. D., Mehari*, K. R., & Garthe*, R. C. (2017). Identification of patterns of dating aggression and victimization among urban early adolescents and their relations to mental health symptoms. Psychology of Violence, 7, 58-68. http:/doi.org/10.1037/vio0000039 

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Goncy, E. A., Farrell, A. D., Sullivan, T. N., & Taylor, K. A. (2015). Measurement of adolescent dating aggression during middle school: Structure, measurement invariance, and distinction from general aggression. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26, 509-523. doi: 10.1111/jora.12208

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Goncy, E. A., Farrell, A. D., & Sullivan, T. N. (2016, October). Teen dating violence victimization in an urban sample of early adolescents: Measurement, prevalence, trajectories, and consequences. Final technical report for NIJ award: 2012-IJ-CX-0014. [Online]. https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/250291.pdf​

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