Digital Harassment Linked With Physical Abuse Among Dating Teens

Social networks, smartphones and other connective technologies allow teens to stay in touch all hours of the day -- but they also give way for new methods of abuse.

One study on teen dating shows one in four teens is harassed by their partner online or through texts. While new technology hasn't increased overall rates of abuse, it creates new platforms for the abuse to occur. Check out the video, above, for more.

The abuse extends further than Twitter jabs and menacing Facebook messages. Ninety-six percent of high school and middle school teens who experienced it online were also victim of other forms of abuse. Victims of digital harassment are twice as likely to be physically abused…
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