Back to Health Library Dating Violence in Teen Years Can Have
Lasting Impact MONDAY, Dec. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Teenagers who
experience dating violence could be more likely to get involved
in violent relationships and have health problems as young
adults, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed surveys of
nearly 6,000 teens across the United States that were taken when
the teens were between the ages of 12 and 18, and again five
years later. The surveys asked about physical and psychological
violence in romantic relationships, and also about feeling
depressed, having suicidal thoughts, drinking and doing drugs.
"What stood out was, across both genders and types of
victimization, teens who experienced teen dating violence were
two to three times more likely to be re-victimized by a partner
in young adulthood," said study author Deinera Exner-Cortens, a
graduate student in the department of human development at
Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. Exner-Cortens and her
colleagues also found that teens who we