What is Teen Dating Violence?
Who does it affect?
What types of behavior constitute as teen dating violence?
-Telling you what to wear
-Calling or texting you frequently to find out what you are doing, where you are, who you are with
-Having to be with you all the time
-Belittling you
-Threatening to hurt you or someone you know
-Jealousy
-Slapping
-Kicking
-Shoving
-Pinching
-Hair pulling
-Strangling
-Forced sex
-Not letting you use birth control
-Forcing other sexual things
(The National Center for Victims of Crime, 2012)
How is Teen Dating Violence different from Adult Intimate Partner Violence?
List adapted from (A Safe Place, n.d.) and (MCADSV, n.d.)
Teen dating violence may also be described as:
(CDC, 2014)
References
A Safe Place (n.d.) About teen dating violence. Retrieved from http://www.asafeplacenh.org/teen_dating.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2014). Teen dating violence. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/intimatepartnerviolence/teen_dating_violence.html
Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (MCADSV) (n.d.). What is teen dating violence (TDV)? Retrieved from http://www.mocadsv.org/What%20is%20Teen%20Dating%20Violence%20TDV.aspx
The National Center for Victims of Crime (2012). Bulletins for teens: Dating violence. Retrieved from http://www.victimsofcrime.org/help-for-crime-victims/get-help-bulletins-for-crime-victims/bulletins-for-teens/dating-violence
- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), teen dating violence is “the physical, sexual, psychological, or emotional violence within a dating relationship, including stalking” (CDC, 2014).
- The Missouri Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence (MCADSV), defines teen dating violence as a “pattern of behavior that include physical, emotional, verbal or sexual abuse used by one person in an intimate relationship to exert power and control over another” (MCADSV, n.d.).
Who does it affect?
- Teens typically ages 13-19
- All races, cultures, incomes, and education levels
- Heterosexual and same-sex couples
- Both girls and boys
What types of behavior constitute as teen dating violence?
- Any behavior that is controlling:
-Telling you what to wear
-Calling or texting you frequently to find out what you are doing, where you are, who you are with
-Having to be with you all the time
- Any behavior that is emotionally or verbally abusive:
-Belittling you
-Threatening to hurt you or someone you know
-Jealousy
- Any behavior that is physically abusive:
-Slapping
-Kicking
-Shoving
-Pinching
-Hair pulling
-Strangling
- Any behavior that is sexually abusive:
-Forced sex
-Not letting you use birth control
-Forcing other sexual things
(The National Center for Victims of Crime, 2012)
How is Teen Dating Violence different from Adult Intimate Partner Violence?
- The individuals are typically between the ages of 13-19
- Teens often have little experience with romantic love and/or sex
- Teen relationships often lack the same power dynamic that is often found in adult intimate partner violence relationships because adolescent girls are not often dependent financially on their partner nor do they often have children they have to protect and provide for.
- Parents often play a role in the victim’s want to keep silent, because many teen victims do not want their parents to find out
- Often the teen victim will attend the same school as their abuser
List adapted from (A Safe Place, n.d.) and (MCADSV, n.d.)
Teen dating violence may also be described as:
- Relationship abuse
- Intimate partner violence
- Relationship violence
- Dating abuse
- Domestic abuse
- Domestic violence
(CDC, 2014)
References
A Safe Place (n.d.) About teen dating violence. Retrieved from http://www.asafeplacenh.org/teen_dating.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2014). Teen dating violence. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/intimatepartnerviolence/teen_dating_violence.html
Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (MCADSV) (n.d.). What is teen dating violence (TDV)? Retrieved from http://www.mocadsv.org/What%20is%20Teen%20Dating%20Violence%20TDV.aspx
The National Center for Victims of Crime (2012). Bulletins for teens: Dating violence. Retrieved from http://www.victimsofcrime.org/help-for-crime-victims/get-help-bulletins-for-crime-victims/bulletins-for-teens/dating-violence