The Effects Of Teenage Dating Violence And Abusive Relationships Among Adolescents

IntroductionIn recent history, dating violence has become a paramount issue in American society. With the rates of domestic violence on the rise, much research has been conducted that provides evidence that violence during dating relationships in the teen years is a strong contributing factor to later domestic violence. Current research is revealing that a far larger percentage of teens are suffering from some amount of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse in their dating relationships. Studies have shown that both those who engage in the violent behaviors, as well as those who are the victims of these acts are more likely to be involved in violent relationships in the future. The significant number of individuals involved in these

Research shows that some teens define abuse according to the intention and actual harm that is caused, in the same research individuals have reported that they take into consideration whether the act was a result of their partner joking around or a demonstration of their love. Various researches provide a range of percentage of teenagers involved in abusive relationships anywhere from 9- 57%, other surveys for example Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Survey say 9.4% of high school students report being hit, slapped, or physically hurt on purpose by their boyfriends or girlfriends in the 12 months prior to the survey. And the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey say about 1 in 5 women and nearly 1 in 7 men who ever experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner, first experienced some form of partner violence between 11 and 17 years of age. It’s believed by many people that dating violence happens to teens around their sophomore year, however recent research has shown that violent behavior typically begins between the ages of 12 and 18, and about 72% of eighth and ninth graders are dating. It is important to know that the severity of intimate partner violence is often greater in cases where the pattern of abuse is established during adolescence, and that early violence in these relationships can affect

Believe it or not domestic abuse is more than physical. “Domestic abuse includes forced or arranged marriages, sexual, verbal, emotional, and economic abuse as well.”(wiki) Let’s break these down and explain exactly what these types of abuse mean. “Arranged marriages usually occur in many Eastern countries where a child commonly around the age of 5 is married to a much older man who is then used as a wife after her first menstrual period for children and work. Sexual abuse occurs when a man or woman takes advantage of another through rape, drugs, molesting, and even sexual comments. Many know but do not consider the laws on age of consent; if a partner is too young for such a relationship.”(Wikipedia) Verbal abuse consists of yelling and screaming in a way that would be considered bullying. “Emotional abuse is a cycle of intimidation, threats, and undermines self-worth. The abuser in this situation gets in the victims head and makes them feel as though they deserve to be punished. Economic abuse is when the abuser has complete control over the partner’s finances making it difficult for them to escape or have any freedom.”(Wikipedia)

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Aggressing: Aggressive forms of abuse include name-calling, belittling, accusing, blaming, threatening, ordering, and stalking. These behaviors are usually direct and very obvious. Through this behavior, the abuser undermines the equality and autonomy needed to have a healthy relationship. The relationship takes on a more parent-to-child pattern of communication. A more indirect form of emotional abuse can be disguised as “helping.” Abusers may use criticism, advice, probing, and questioning as a sincere attempt to offer their partner help. In some instances, however, these behaviors can be used by an abuser as an attempt to belittle, control, or demean their partner or spouse rather than to help them.

Immediately upon hearing about another abusive case in the news, many people’s minds are triggered to automatically associate violence in relationships with adults. In reality, our society is often unaware that 1 in 3 teens experience dating violence on a daily basis. This is a total of 1.5 million students across the country, according to the National Dating Abuse Hotline and awareness group, Break the Cycle. Meaning, in an average American graduating class of three hundred, one hundred of those students will have experienced forms of physical, emotional, psychological, sexual, verbal, financial, technological or spiritual/cultural abuse. “Dating violence is controlling, abusive, and aggressive behavior in

ADV has been associated with mental health concerns (e.g., depression), substance use, and negative views of school. One particular concern is that ongoing dating violence in adolescence is associated with intimate partner violence later in life” (Colbert, Draucker, & Martsolf, 2012, pp. 1-2). Adolescent dating violence is a serious issue that dramatically impacts the teens that are exposed to this trauma. This issue affects teens on a daily basis that causes psychological, physical, and emotional abuse in teens’ lives on a daily basis. For example, some of the teen dating violence include characteristics, such as emotional or psychological abuse, physical violence, and sexual abuse or violence. “Emotional or psychological abuse consist of verbal or nonverbal behaviors, such as name-calling, insults, criticism, stalking, and humiliate. Physical violence consist of hitting, punching, slapping, pushing, and choking. Sexual abuse or violence consist of attempted or forced sexual activity when a partner does not consent or is unable to do so, abusive sexual contact, and verbal sexual harassment” (Miller, Payne , Vasquez, & Ward, 2013). In addition, there are many other consequences and factors that are associate that are categorize as dating violence. Consequently, majority of teens does not consider the following characteristics as being abusive.

Dating violence is most commonly thought of in mature adult relationships, but it is also alarmingly common among youth. Youth experience many forms of dating violence. Dating violence includes a large range of abusive behaviors, such as physical, emotional, and sexual assault. These abusive behaviors occur between two people who have entered a romantic or sexual relationship together, and consider themselves to be a couple. Dating violence and victimization may occur in any romantic or sexual relationship, but the population of heterosexual female youth are more susceptible to experiencing this abuse. This paper is intended to examine the relationship that risk factors play in both the lives of perpetrators and victims alike. Risk factors are any characteristics that an individual possesses that could provide them with a predisposition towards violence, or towards being victimized by a romantic partner. Risk factors may include, but are not limited to: substance abuse, poor performance in school, lack of social acceptance, and mental health (Dank, Lachman, Zweig, & Yahner, 2013). Other risk factors can include family life and deviancy (Vézina & Hébert, 2007). An intervention method of decreasing youth dating violence will also be examined. This method consists of providing youth with appropriate ways of behaving in a relationship through a variety of techniques. By examining the roles played by both risk factors and intervention, it is apparent that female youth are more

In “ Myths and Facts About Dating Violence,” critical information is given about dating violence, including emotional abuse, as well as the important issue of who’s fault the abuse is, which suggests that dating violence is not a problem to be taken lightly. The article states “ Verbal and emotional abuse can have long-lasting effects, often longer lasting than the effects of physical abuse.” This shows that emotional abuse should be considered just as dangerous, if not more dangerous than physical abuse. Although it is not mentioned, sexual abuse plays a role in this as well. Sexual abuse can have more harmful effects than physical abuse, and can be just as hazardous as emotional abuse. “Approximately one in three adolescent girls in the

I have fallen in love once, but it wasn’t your ideal love story. The guy I was in love with, seemed harmless when I first became involved with him. However, as the relationship grew, he began to abuse me: emotionally and physically. I was terrified, as he began to holler deleterious phrases and names at me, along with leaving bruises on my body. Who could I have turned to? What if he continues to hurt me, or even exceed the damage he’s already done if I were to tell anyone? Dating abuse: one of the many problems in the world that is mildly prominent, but is not being acknowledged to its full potential. Empathy and compassion should be directed towards dating abuse, because this is a continuous event that is still occurring to young adolescents today. Due to the unawareness of dating abuse, students and teachers should put in the effort to inform each other and those around them of dating abuse, as well as how to address it.

A problem that is becoming more and more common is teen dating abuse. The big issue of domestic violence has spilled over onto our kids with more and more girls getting abused by their boyfriends. Is this a problem that people isn't talking about, don't want to talk about, or want to stay blissfully ignorant that this is really going on. The fact is, it is going on and it must be dealt with. Here are some statistics for you based on a study provided by Liz Clairborne Inc; 13% of girls in a relationship reported physical abuse. 1 in 4 teen girls, who has been in a relationship, has been forced to perform sexual acts, and 1 in 5 have been threatened. The hard facts; our girls are getting physically and sexually abused by boys that we probably

Teenage dating violence can be physical, sexual and/or physiological abuse. In the article, “There’s a Fine Line… Adolescent Dating Violence and Prevention,” author Judith Herrman explains “dating violence is the occurrence of physically, sexually and/or emotionally violent episodes in an intimate, interpersonal relationship” (Herrman 164). The violent relationship includes a victim along with a perpetrator. Adolescent years are a major stage of development for teenager and the inconsistency of teenage relationships is the reason teenage dating violence is on the rise. Dating violence can occur regardless of religion, ethnicity or socio-economic background. Domestic violence usually first occurs

February is known as Teen Dating Awareness Month. Teen dating violence is anything from physical and intimate abuse to verbal abuse. Teen dating violence happens because, the abuser thinks it is okay, there's problems going on in the relationship, or they have their own personal problems. Some warning signs that a person might be abusive are violent outbursts, control issues, distancing their partner from others, puts partner down, and they aren't trusting. Ten percent of high school students report dating violence. The most common age for teen dating violence to occur is between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four years old. However, there are many times dating violence goes unreported, due to the belief that nothing can be done. Twenty-three

In this study, researchers wanted to investigate the potential link between teen dating violence victimization and bullying victimization. If such a link was found, researchers may be able to prevent some forms of teen dating violence from occuring by targeting those who had a prior history of being bullied. Furthermore, those victims could be educated on the potential dangers that come with the often unfamiliar territory of dating. A survey that offered self-report data on levels of bullying victimization, as well as levels of teen dating victimization was given to 17,780 adolescents in grades 9 through 12. The cultural breakdown of adolescents that participated in the survey was 33% African American, 55% Caucasian, and 12% of those surveyed