Teen dating violence (TDV) entails physical, emotional, psychological, or emotional violence in a dating relationship (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). Physical violence includes any kind of physical harm for example, pinching, hitting, kicking whereas emotional violence deals with the threatening of a partner or harm of their sense of self-worth for example, name calling, shaming, bullying, and isolating from friends and family (Eagle, 2012). Sexual violence examples include forcing a partner to perform any sex act without consent includes consent that is forced through manipulation or limiting the partner to the access of any birth control (Eagle, 2012).
In a survey done in 2006 by the Liz Claiborne Inc indicated prevalence of teen dating violence they include 1 in 2 teens who have been in a serious relationship say they’ve gone against their beliefs in order to please their partner; 23 percent of girls who have been in a relationship reported going further sexually than they wanted as a result of pressure from their partner; 1 in 5 teens who have been in a serious relationship report being hit, slapped, or pushed by a partner; and 1 in 4 teens who have been in a serious relationship say their boyfriend or girlfriend has tried to prevent them from spending time with friends or family (Nelson …show more content…
Prevalence of teen dating violence include among teens who have had sex by age 14, 69% have been through at least one form of dating abuse, including one in three who have been physically abused by a partner; approximately 9% of high school students report being hit, slapped, or physically hurt on purpose by a boyfriend or girlfriend in the 12 months before surveyed; 10% of high school students reported physical