A 2009 study of sixth-grade students found that 25% thought it was acceptable for boys to hit their girlfriends.

More than one fourth of the boys with girlfriends said they had been physically aggressive (punching, slapping) with her.

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We need to do everything we can to make sure all students are safe.” What Is Teen Dating Violence? Associations of dating violence victimization with lifetime participation, co-occurrence, and early initiation of risk behaviors among U.

According to the Office on Violence Against Women at the U. Department of Justice, violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim is dating violence.

Teen dating violence has serious consequences for victims and their schools. Read the latest about Break the Cycle's work to end dating violence in our most recent press releases.For all media inquiries, please contact Khalisa Jacobs at 202.824.0707 or [email protected] be behind in developing and enforcing laws on this issue? students report having experienced some form of abuse!Check out Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, which happens each February, and these additional organizations and resources below to learn more about the different kinds of abuse, how to spot it and much more. Foshee, Kim Dixon, Ling Yin-Chang, Susan Ennett, Beth Moracco, Michael Bowling and Jennifer L. DATING MATTERS: UNDERSTANDING TEEN DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION, Kevin Jennings, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Office on Violence Against Women, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, May 3, 2010. FAMILIAL INFLUENCES ON DATING VIOLENCE VICTIMIZATION AMONG LATINO YOUTH (abstract), H. MOMS AND TEENS FOR SAFE DATES STUDY OVERVIEW, North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health, December 15, 2010. (special collection), Patty Branco, National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, Harrisburg, PA: updated January 2017. Brown, Feroz Moideen and Jay Silverman, DATING ABUSE PREVENTION IN TEENS OF MOMS WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTION ORDERS, Vangie A. Lee and Chiravath Suchindran, THE EXPERIENCE OF DATING VIOLENCE AMONG LATINO ADOLESCENTS, Chiara Sabina and Carlos Cuevas, Penn State Harrisburg, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education and Northeastern University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, April 2013. INTERVENTION IN SCHOOL HEALTH CENTERS IS EFFECTIVE IN COUNSELING TEENS ABOUT ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS, CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH OF UPMC STUDY FINDS, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA: December 22, 2014. NONVIOLENT ASPECTS OF INTERPARENTAL CONFLICT AND DATING VIOLENCE AMONG ADOLESCENTS (abstract), Jeanne M. POWER AND CONTROL IN DATING RELATIONSHIPS, Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, adapted from the Power and Control Wheel developed by Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs, Duluth, MN.