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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.
(Empower Program, sponsored by Liz Claiborne Inc. and conducted by Knowledge Networks, Social Control, Verbal Abuse, and Violence Among Teenagers, (2000).)
- Twenty percent of male students report witnessing someone they go to high school with physically abuse a person they were dating.
(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).)
- 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.
(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).)
- Fifty-seven percent of teens know someone who has been physically, sexually, or verbally abusive in a dating relationship.
(Liz Claiborne Inc., Conducted by Teenage Research Unlimited, (February 2005).)
- One in three teens reports knowing a friend or peer who has been hit, punched, kicked, slapped or physically hurt by their dating partner.
(Liz Claiborne Inc., Conducted by Teenage Research Unlimited, (February 2005).)
- Approximately 1 in 5 female high school students reports being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner.
(Journal of American Medicine, 2001)
- 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.
(National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 2005)
- Twenty-six percent of teenage girls in a relationship report enduring repeated verbal abuse.
(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
- SafeHaven mobile website
