This document discusses relationship violence among adolescents. It notes that 1.5 million high school students experience physical abuse from dating partners each year, and one in three adolescents experience physical, sexual, emotional or verbal abuse in dating relationships. Relationship violence often begins between ages 12-18 and can have long term negative health consequences, including higher risks of substance abuse, eating disorders, risky sexual behaviors and further domestic violence. Resources are provided for students seeking help.

1. By: Kent State University
Nursing Students

2. Describe what relationship
violence means to you?

3.  1.5 million high school students nationwide experience
physical abuse from a dating partner in a single year!
 One in three adolescents in the U.S is a victim of
physical, sexual, emotional or verbal abuse from a dating
partner, a figure that far exceeds rates of other types of
youth violence!
 One in 10 high school students has been purposefully hit,
slapped, or physically hurt by a boyfriend or girlfriend!
 One quarter of high school students have been victims of
physical or sexual abuse!

4. In 2013 there were 56,037 domestic
violence victims in Ohio and of those
victims, 533 were reported in the portage
county area with 124 of those victims
having injuries.
 Out of the domestic violence victims in
Ohio, 4,363 reports were in the age range
of 0-17 years old.

5.  Girls and young women between the ages of 16 and
24 experience the highest rate of intimate partner
violence — almost triple the national average.
 Among female victims of intimate partner violence,
94% of those age 16-19 and 70% of those age 20-24
were victimized by a current or former boyfriend or
girlfriend.
 Violent behavior typically begins between the ages of
12 and 18.
 The severity of intimate partner violence is often
greater in cases where the pattern of abuse was
established in adolescence.

6.  Violent relationships in adolescence can have
serious ramifications by putting the victims at
higher risk for substance abuse, eating disorders,
risky sexual behavior and further domestic
violence.
 Being physically or sexually abused makes teen
girls six times more likely to become pregnant and
twice as likely to get a STI.
 Half of youth who have been victims of both dating
violence and rape attempt suicide, compared to
12.5% of non-abused girls and 5.4% of non-
abused boys.

7. Characteristics of
an Abuser

8. Role Plays

9. Post-Quiz

10. Includes:
• Resources available to you if you need help
 Hotlines
 Websites
 Counselors
 Facilities in your area
• Warning signs of a possible abusive relationship

11. Any questions?