Understanding teen dating violence : fact sheet 2014

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.). Division of Violence Prevention.
• Description:
  Dating violence is a type of intimate partner violence. It occurs between two people in a close relationship. The nature of dating violence can be physical, emotional, or sexual: Physical--this occurs when a partner is pinched, hit, shoved, or kicked; Emotional--this means threatening a partner or harming his or her sense of self-worth Examples include name calling, shaming, bullying, embarrassing on purpose, or keeping him/her away from friends and family; Sexual--this is forcing a partner to engage in a sex act when he or she does not or cannot consent; Stalking--his refers to a pattern of harassing or threatening tactics used by a perpetrator that is both unwanted and causes fear in the victim. Dating violence can take place in person or electronically, such as repeated texting or posting sexual pictures of a partner online. Unhealthy relationships can start early and last a lifetime. Dating violence often starts with teasing and name calling. These behaviors are often thought to be a :normal" part of a relationship. But these behaviors can lead to more serious violence like physical assault and rape.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adolescent Behavior/psychology Courtship Violence/prevention & Control
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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  urn:sha256:f2f6ab93bbc7fb3197d8c9ae7e216561b39b414ef7d3ddc0d4d378650a80f7e9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/29463/cdc_29463_DS1.pdf
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