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- Nearly 25 percent of 14-17 year-olds surveyed know at least one student who was a victim of dating violence, while 11percent know multiple victims of dating violence.
- Twenty percent of male students report witnessing someone they go to high school with physically abuse a person they were dating.
- Thirty nine percent of female high school students report that students talk in school about whether someone is attempting to control the person they are dating.
- Fifty-seven percent of teens know someone who has been physically, sexually, or verbally abusive in a dating relationship.
- One in three teens reports knowing a friend or peer who has been hit, punched, kicked, slapped or physically hurt by their dating partner.
- Approximately 1 in 5 female high school students reports being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner.
- Nearly 1 in 5 teenage girls who have been in a relationship report that her boyfriend threatened violence or self-harm when presented with a breakup.
- Twenty-six percent of teenage girls in a relationship report enduring repeated verbal abuse.
(Empower Program, sponsored by Liz Claiborne Inc. and conducted by Knowledge Networks, Social Control, Verbal Abuse, and Violence Among Teenagers, (2000).)
(Tiffany J. Zwicker, Education Policy Brief, “The Imperative of Developing Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Intervention Programs in Secondary Schools.” 12 Southern California Review of Law and Women’s Studies, 131, (2002).)
(Tiffany J. Zwicker, Education Policy Brief, “The Imperative of Developing Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Intervention Programs in Secondary Schools.” 12 Southern California Review of Law and Women’s Studies, 131, (2002).)
(Liz Claiborne Inc., Conducted by Teenage Research Unlimited, (February 2005).)
(Liz Claiborne Inc., Conducted by Teenage Research Unlimited, (February 2005).)
(Journal of American Medicine, 2001)
(National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 2005)
(National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 2005)
Other resources for teens:
- Know the Red Flags: www.knowtheredflags.com
- National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline: www.ntdah.org, www.loveisrespect.org.
- American Bar Association teen dating violence fact sheet: facts.pdf
- Liz Claiborne teen dating violence statistics: www.loveisnotabuse.com
