teen dating violence

“Attitudes Affecting Physical Dating Violence Perpetration and Victimization: Findings From Adolescents in a High-Risk Urban Community” (abstract), Violence and Victims, Volume 26, Number 5, 2011.
In a new Youth Speak Out podcast, two young people share how they use the common language of popular music to broach a difficult subject: teen dating violence.
Jaquil and Jalisa are two youth leaders for Start Strong Boston who teach middle schoolers to analyze the lyrics in pop songs and think about relationship health. Time: 4:02 | Size: 3.7 MB
Jaquil and Jalisa are two youth leaders for Start Strong Boston who teach middle schoolers to analyze the lyrics in pop songs and think about relationship health. Time: 4:02 | Size: 3.7 MB | Transcript
Controlling behavior and emotional abuse in teen dating relationships are nothing new. But technologies like smart phones, texting and social networking sites have made young people vulnerable to new avenues of harassment and abuse—because abusers can reach them anytime, anywhere.
Too many young people experience dating violence. And too many don't recognize the violence as abuse.
Beliefs and Attributions of Partner Violence Perpetrators: The Physical and Psychological Violence of Adolescent Males,Violence and Victims, Vol. 26, No. 2, April 2011. What it’s about:  The authors asked 132 college-age men about their beliefs about women, their partners and their relationships. Of those surveyed, more than 80 percent had committed psychological or physical violence...
As the director of Students Against Domestic Abuse (SADA) in Newport, RI, Jessica Walsh saw youth during regular program meetings, but some came more often than others and she wasn’t having much luck contacting them by phone or text messaging. After talking to a few young people, she realized, to her surprise, that youth would respond much more quickly through Facebook or Twitter than...
Just like their straight peers, LGBT teens can be abused by their partners. In fact, the rate of violence in same-gender relationships is roughly the same as in heterosexual relationships. But abuse is often experienced differently by LGBT teens. An Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence Aid and Resource Collection (AARDVARC) has compiled a list of resources for professionals exploring abuse...
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