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Teen Dating Violence

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Publications

The following resources are a sample of available topical materials released in recent years. See the Publications List on our site for additional resources.

Dating Violence Reported by High School Students, 2019
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention-Sponsored, February 2022

Model Programs Guide Literature Review: Teen Dating Violence
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention-Sponsored, January 2022

A Novel Trauma-Informed Screening Approach for Teen Dating Violence Perpetration in Racially Diverse Adolescents: A Multi-Site Study
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, December 2021

Compendium of Research on Violence Against Women 1993-2020
National Institute of Justice, August 2021

Discordant Substance Use and the Daily Experience of Partner Violence in Adolescent and Emerging Adults with Previous Dating Violence
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2021

Psychological Functioning Among Latino Victims of Teen Dating Violence: The Role of Relational and Collective Resources
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2021

Preventing Teen Dating Violence
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021

Interpersonal Violence Victimization Among High School Students — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2019
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, August 2020

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance – United States, 2019
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, August 2020

Prevalence of and Risk Markers for Dating Abuse-Related Stalking and Harassment Victimization and Perpetration in a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Adolescents
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, May 2020

Association of Teen Dating Aggression With Risk Behavior and Academic Adjustment
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2020

Teen Dating Abuse - Brief Guide: What Service Providers and Educators Need to Know
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2020

Teen Dating Abuse: What Teens Need to Know if You Are Experiencing Harm, Causing Harm, or Want to Help a Friend
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2020

Teen Dating Violence Perpetration: Protective Factor Trajectories from Middle to High School among Adolescents
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2020

Final Summary Overview: Research & Evaluation on Victims of Crime (STRiV Secondary Data Analyses)
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, December 2019

Effects of the Second Step Program in Middle School on Violence, Victimization, and Substance Use in High School
National Institute of Justice, April 2019

Relationship Processes in the Development of Teen Dating Violence
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, April 2019

Partner Violence Prevention For Middle-School Boys: A Dyadic Web-Based Intervention Study (Project STRONG)
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, January 2019

Patterns of Help-Seeking Behavior Among Victims of Teen Dating Violence and Abuse: Variations Among Boys and Girls
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2019

Teen Dating Violence in a High-Risk Sample: The Protective Role of Maternal Acceptance
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2019

Understanding the Buffering Effects of Protective Factors on the Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Teen Dating Violence Perpetration
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2019

Additional Resources

Search the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Virtual Library for additional resources on the topic.

Date Modified: January 28, 2023
Date Created: August 17, 2020