A recent study done by Emily F. Rothman, an associate professor at the Boston University School of Public Health, stated that 1 out of every 5 High School students have admitted to being in an abusive relationship. That same 1 in 5 also admitted that they were more likely to in turn abuse other students and even family members."There's a huge overall connection between perpetration of dating violence and the perpetration of other forms of youth violence," Rothman said. The study, which was published in the December issue of the journal Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, surveyed 1,398 urban high school students at 22 schools throughout Boston. The survey asked if they had physically hurt a girlfriend or boyfriend, sibling or peer within the previous month. More than forty-one percent said they'd physically hurt another kid on at least one occasion and 19% said they'd abused their boyfriend, girlfriend, someone they were dating or someone they were simply having sex with.
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http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/sex-relationships/dating/2010-12-13-teen-violence_N.htm
By: Myah Tolbert
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