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February 17th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda THURSDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) — Teens victims of dating
violence are likely to have suffered other forms of violence, such as
sexual violence and child abuse, according to a new study.
Interviews with a national sample of 1,680 youth aged 12 to 17 revealed
that every victim of dating violence reported it wasn’t the first time
they had been victimized, the researchers at the University of New
Hampshire Crimes Against Children Research Center said.
Sexual violence and child abuse were the most common other types of
mistreatment experienced by teen dating violence victims.
More than half of teen dating violence victims had a history of some
form of child abuse, with more than 40 percent of victims physically
abused by a caregiver and nearly 70 percent having witnessed violence in
their families.
The study also found that 60 percent of teen dating violence victims
had also suffered at least one type of sexual victimization, with the most
common types being verbal sexual harassment (30 percent), flashing by a
peer (25 percent) and sexual assault (20 percent).
The researchers also found that youth who had been cyberbullied were
three to four times more likely to be victims of teen dating violence than
other youth.
The study appears online in a special issue of the journal
Psychology of Violence. February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness
Month.
Teen dating violence is often regarded as a stand-alone issue, but
these findings show that it is more typically part of a pattern of
multiple victimizations, the researchers said.
“We were genuinely surprised how interconnected teen dating violence
turned out to be with other forms of victimization. We thought there would
be overlap but had no idea that all dating violence victims are dealing
with other forms of violence and abuse as well,” lead author Sherry Hamby,
a UNH Crimes Against Children Research Center research associate said in a
UNH news release.
“We know that some youth are just generally more at risk for everything
than other youth,” Hamby said. “If they live in a violent family or
violent neighborhood, they may not be able to avoid violence or know how
to. If they’ve been hurt in the past, it may lower their self-esteem or
impair their ability to protect themselves. In particular, we need to help
kids from violent families, kids who have been bullied or kids who have
been sexually abused from getting involved or staying in an assaultive
relationship.”
More information
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more about teen dating violence.
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