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When teenage physical IPV occurs, boys are much more likely than girls to perpetrate as a result of “messing around” (56% vs. 43%), while girls are much more likely than boys to perpetrate for “negative reasons” (read – control, coercion, force, etc.) (45% vs. 33%)

Topic: Violence, Intimate Partner

Source

Citation: Partner exploitation and violence in teenage intimate relationships, p. 75

Author(s): Barter, McCarry, Berridge, Evans

Institution(s): NSPCC

Link: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/globalassets/documents/research-reports/partner-exploitation-violence-teenage-intimate-relationships-report.pdf?affId=1991357

Nation(s): United Kingdom

Year(s): 2009

Source: Primary

Type: Survey

Discussion

Other Notes:

i.e. – boys are more likely to hurt on accident, girls more likely to hurt on purpose | “Negative reasons for violence included: to hurt them, due to their behaviour, jealousy, to impress others, to get what I wanted, anger, to humiliate them and drinking/drugs.”