Teen Dating Violence

What is teen dating violence

• Teen Dating Violence (TDV) is when two people get into a relationship and one of the people is always mad
• Teen Dating Violence (TDV) is when two teens get into a relationship that is based on love and care
• Teen dating violence (TDV) is a pattern of behavior that includes physical, emotional, verbal or sexual abuse used by one person in an intimate relationship to exert power and control over another.
• Teen Dating Violence (TDV) is when teens enjoy spending time with each other.

What are the different types of abuse?

• Physical, Verbal Emotional, Sexual
• Standard, Complex, Extreme
• Hitting, Punching, Kicking
• First Offense, Second Offense and Third Offense

What is one way to stop abuse?

• Keep it inside
• Continue to be abused

• Ask them to stop
• Talk to someone

What are two warning signs of abuse?

• Your partner provides you with love and emotional support.
• You seem really happy when you are around your partner
• You are constantly apologizing for something you didn't do. You are afraid to disagree with them
• Your partner is constantly beating on you. 

What does honeymoon mean?

• After two people have just got married and now they are on their way to some fancy beach.
•  The abuser tries to make the target stay in the relationship by apologizing and/or trying to shift the blame for the abuse onto someone or something else. The couple will apologize and peace will be restored.
• The part of the relationship where couples can have intercourse

Look at the scenario: Is the relationship Healthy or Unhealthy.

Evan feels down when his team loses a game. He feels it's partly his fault for not playing as well as he should have. His girlfriend Sarah tries to cheer him up and tells him he's a great guy and try to empathize with his feeling and emotions

• Healthy

• Unhealthy

In the US, nearly how many teens have experienced dating violence?

• 1 in 10
• 1 in 3
• 1 in 20
• 1 in 5

What are some warning sign(s) of abuse?

• Constantly putting you down.
• Extreme jealousy or insecurity.
• Possessiveness
• All of the above

The 3 phases of the cycle of abuse are called:

• Tension Building, Ignoring, and Honeymoon.
• Tension Building, Explosion, and Ignoring.
• Ignoring, Tension Building, and Explosion.
• Tension Building, Explosion, and Honeymoon.

During this phase of the cycle of abuse, the abuser might scream and yell in a frightening way or physically attack the target.

• Explosion 
• Honeymoon
• Tension building
• Ignoring