TEEN DATING VIOLENCE

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1 in 4 adolescents reports verbal, physical, emotional, or sexual abuse each year (Foshee et al. 1996; Avery-Leaf et al. 1997).
1 in 5 adolescents reports being a victim of emotional abuse (Halpern et al. 2001).
70% of girls and 52% of boys who are abused report an injury from an abusive relationship. (Foshee 1996).
1 in 5 high school girls has been physically or sexually abused by a dating partner (Silverman et al. 2001).
Dating abuse occurs more frequently among black students (13.9%) than among Hispanic (9.3%) or white (7.0%) students (CDC 2006).
72% of eighth and ninth graders reportedly “date” (Foshee et al. 1996); by the time they are in high school, 54% of students report dating abuse among their peers (Jafe et al. 1992).