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TEEN DATING VIOLENCE IS NOT
HAPPENING BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS.
• More than 1 in 3 (37%) of students surveyed
report having witnessed boys or girls being
physically violent to persons they were dating.
ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS THAT
ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED
RISK FOR TEEN DATING VIOLENCE
AND ABUSE ARE PERVASIVE.
• Nearly 2 out of 3 students surveyed (63%)
strongly agree with a harmful gender
stereotype, such as “with boyfriends and
girlfriends, the boy should be smarter than the
girl.”
• Nearly half of students surveyed (49%) report
having been a victim of sexual harassment in the
past 6 months, such as being “touched, grabbed,
or pinched in a sexual way” or that someone
”made sexual jokes” about them.
PARENTS HAVE AN IMPORTANT
ROLE TO PLAY IN PREVENTING
TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AND
ABUSE.
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• Nearly three-quarters of 7th-grade students
surveyed report that, in the last 6 months,
they “sometimes or often” talk with their
parents about dating topics such as, “how to
tell if someone might like you as a boyfriend
or girlfriend.”
Prevention in middle school
matters. There is a critical window of opportunity to teach young adolescents about healthy
relationships and prevent teen dating violence. Middle school is also a key time for parents to
educate themselves about these issues so they can help their children navigate new dating
relationships (both online and offline), including what is healthy and what is not.
Teen dating violence behaviors and associated risk factors are prevalent among middle school
students in this study. At the same time, the study highlights protective factors that can be
strengthened to reinforce positive norms and promote healthy relationships. While there is a
growing body of knowledge on teen dating violence among older adolescents in high school, we
need to better understand this younger age group and how best to promote healthy relationships
and prevent teen dating violence in middle school.
These early relationships can set the stage for the future. Studies have shown that being the
victim of child abuse and/or adolescent dating violence is highly predictive of intimate partner
violence among young adults.
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Rather than repairing the
damage later on, parents/caregivers, teachers and communities can help equip young people
to develop healthy relationships
throughout their life. Prevention
needs to be a priority.
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