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What can we do about dating violence among teens and college students?

December 17th, 2009 5 comments
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In the article “Dating violence prevalent among students”
30 percent of U.S. college students have been in relationships that involve physical aggression, a U.S. expert said. “Even more have been in relationships that are emotionally abusive,” Sandra Stith, director of the marriage and family therapy program at Kansas State University, said in a statement. “Likewise, approximately 25 percent of high school students who are in relationships are subjected to abuse.”

I found more information about the study at the the college web site: “K-State domestic violence expert looks at dating violence among high school, college students

http://www.humec.ksu.edu/news/2007/09/13/k-state-domestic-violence-expert-looks-at-dating-violence-among-high-school-college-students/

This article pointed out that both female and male — are being battered, sexually abused or stalked by their dates, according to the Kansas State University professor Stith.

What can we do about dating violence?
Here’s the short article about the study: “Dating violence prevalent among students”:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070914-13134700-bc-us-violentdating.xml

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