Nearly 1 in 5 middle and high school students experience physical or psychological abuse from a dating partner. Approximately 10% of high school students report being physically or sexually victimized by a dating partner in the past year. Experiencing violence in teen relationships can have lasting negative effects and increase risks of substance abuse, eating disorders, risky sexual behaviors, and future domestic violence.

1. 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.
-in-
Nearly one-fifth, of
middle and high school
students experience
physical or psychological
abuse in dating
relationships.
of rape, physical violence or stalking victims first
experience partner violence between the ages of
11 and 17 years of age.
Approximately
10% of
high school stu
dents
reported
physical
victimization and
10%
reported sexual
victimization
from a dating
partner in the 12
months before
they were
surveyed.
25%
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.
NEARLY 1.5
MILLION HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS
NATIONWIDE
EXPERIENCE
PHYSICAL ABUSE
FROM A DATING
PARTNER IN A
SINGLE YEAR.
is no joke!
TEEN DATING
VIOLENCE
of high school girls
have been victims of
physical or sexual
abuse.
Women between the ages of
16 and 24 experience the
highest rate of intimate
partner violence -- almost
triple the
national
average.
14%23%
Only 33% of teens who were
in a violent
relationship ever
told anyone
about the
abuse.