Another study (unrelated to the one I posted about on 7/9/08) shows that teens are experiencing violence in relationships...
More than four in 10 college students have been the victim of relationship violence by a partner, friend, or acquaintance, according to a new study.
"All forms of relationship violence are prevalent among male and female college students; almost half of the students had experienced relationship violence at some point in their lives, more than one-third had experienced violence before college and one-quarter had experienced violence during college," write researcher Christine M. Forke, MSN, CRNP, of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and colleagues in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
The results showed 42% had been the victim of relationship violence by a partner, friend, or acquaintance either before or during college, and 17% had been the perpetrator. Rates of relationship violence were higher before college than during college.
Emotional violence was the most common type of relationship violence reported before college (21%), while sexual and emotional violence were equally common during college (12%).
Source: CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/08/health/webmd/main4242422.shtml
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