* In the United States, about 12% of high school students report having been physically victimized by a dating partner in the previous year. In some areas of the country, this is as high as 40%.
* About one in four high school students report having been psychologically abused by dating partner in previous year
* Gay male and female adolescents are victims of physical and psychological dating abuse about as often as herterosexual adolescents
* Dating abuse is beginning as early as the sixth grade
* Adults who use violence with their dating partners often begin doing so during adolescence, with the first episode typically occurring by age fifteen.
* Young women between the ages of fourteen and seventeen represent 38% of those victimized by date rape
* Many research studies show that, by far, the majority of adolescents believe that being abusive to dates is wrong and should not be done