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Feb 8, 2021
ALPENA Hope Shores Alliance is asking our community to share in honoring National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month this February. Teen dating violence affects millions of teens in the U.S. each year.
Nearly 1 in 11 female teens and about 1 in 15 male high school students report having experienced physical dating violence in the last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
Most people understand that it’s not okay for someone to hit their partner but dating violence can take many forms such as physical abuse, emotional abuse, technological abuse, or social abuse. Signs of emotional abuse include control (example: if your partner won’t let you see friends), manipulation (example: if your partner threatens to hurt themselves if you don’t give them attention), or gaslighting (example: if your partner dismisses or invalidates your feelings) (oweyoudaily.com/culture/outsourced). Perpetrators of dating vi
• They are responsible for solving problems in their relationships
• Their boyfriend’s jealousy, possessiveness and even physical abuse, is “romantic”
• Abuse is “normal” because their friends are also being abused
• There is no one to ask for help
“Emotional abuse is the most common type of abusive conduct in teenage relationships,” she said. “Emotional abuse is reported by 76 percent of all teens who report teen dating violence. However, emotional abuse tends to be talked about much less frequently than other, more identifiable and immediately dangerous types of harmful conduct.”
While physical and sexual abuse may have immediately threatening repercussions, emotional and psychological abuse can cause just as much damage to a teen in the long run, according to the Behavioral Health team. Recognizing some of the signs of emotional abuse in teen dating relationships can help with guiding the teen toward proper interventions and assistance.