Research and canada and dating violence

Dating violence has become an issue of increasing concern to researchers and practitioners over the past three decades. This paper considers how dating violence is defined, what its consequences are, and what can be done about it. What is Dating Violence ? For the purpose of this paper, dating violence is defined as any intentional physical, sexual or psychological assault on a person by a dating partner.

Women in Canada live at greater risk than men of gender-based violence ; approximately every six days, a woman in Canada is killed by her intimate partner. Women and Gender Equality Canada says: “While violence affects all people, some people are more at risk of experiencing violence because of various forms of oppression, such as racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and ableism. Out of the 4,476 women and 3,493 children staying in shelters on the snapshot date of April 16, 2014, 78% (or 3,491 women and 2,742 children) were there primarily because of abuse (Sara Beattie and Hope Hutchins, Statistics Canada , 2014).

Research to date has shown that women disproportionately experience the most severe forms of IPV ( Burczycka 2016 ; Breiding et al. 2014 ), such as being choked, being assaulted or threatened with a weapon, or being sexually assaulted. For example, Statistics Canada defines police-reported intimate partner violence as violent offences that occur between current and former partners who may or may not live together ( Burczycka 2018 ). The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (2019) defines IPV as, broadly, harm caused by an intimate partner, which takes many forms but is often the result of an attempt to gain or assert power or control over a partner.

One in three Canadian youth experience dating violence . Early intervention is critical to preventing the negative effects, but adolescents report significant barriers to finding support. Deinera Exner-Cortens receives research funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canada Research Chairs program. She is also the Scientific Co-Director of PREVNet. Wendy Craig receives funding from Public Health Agency Canada .

PREVNet is a national research and knowledge mobilization hub that brings together researchers and national organizations to build research capacity, assess youth relationship problems including bullying and dating violence , and promote evidence-based programs and effective policies across Canada to address and reduce youth interpersonal violence and promote healthy relationships. Learn more about PREVNet. New Webinar Open for Registration! This is an important first step in listing available policy protections for youth who experience dating violence in Canada . Learn more. Just Launched! Our Resource Hub for Educators is a one-stop source for resources to help educators address youth dating violence and promote healthy relationships in the classroom. Learn more.

Dating violence includes physical violence , emotional abuse (such as name calling or shaming), sexual violence , and stalking. The 2013 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that 21% of female and 10% of male students who dated experienced some form of dating violence . Risk factors for dating violence include initiating dating and sexual activity at an early age, prior sexual abuse or victimization, and belief that dating violence is acceptable. Further research should be conducted to better understand potential causal relationships between substance use and dating violence , which will inform dating violence prevention and intervention programs. View chapter Purchase book. Read full chapter.

Researchers with the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Simon Fraser University (SFU) conducted a longitudinal study of dating violence . While reports of physical abuse went down over time, they say there is a troubling gender-related trend. Five percent of teens reported physical abuse from their dating partners in 2013, down from 6 percent in 2003. But in the last year, 5.8 percent of boys reported dating violence compared to 4.2 percent of girls. "It could be that it's still socially acceptable for girls to hit or slap boys in dating relationships," says lead author Catherine Shaffer, a PhD student with SFU, in a release. "This has been found in studies of adolescents in other countries as well."

Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children 1137 Western Road, Room 1158 Faculty of Education Building Western University London, ON, Canada N6G 1G7. vawln@uwo.ca. It is estimated that 1 in 3 women in Canada and around the world will experience at least one incident of physical or sexual violence in their lifetime (Sinha, 2013a; World Health Organization, 2013). For approximately one third of Canadian women, abuse first occurs in childhood (Afifi et al., 2014; Burczykcka & Conroy, 2017; Public Health Agency of Canada , 2006), and for many of these women, violence is not limited to a single incident or point in time.

Dating violence is ABUSE. Someone who does something to you or acts in a way that makes you feel afraid or bad about yourself does not love you. Abusive behaviour is wrong and you do not have to live feeling afraid or sad. ABUSE is not about something that you ha ve done or something you deserve. No one asks to be hurt and you are not responsible for someone else’s words or actions. Each person is responsible for their words, actions and control of their own body. Violence against young women becomes a pattern which can be set in adolescent/teen years. Young women who are abused by their boyfriends often become mature women who are abused by their husbands/partners. This article on Teen may be helpful for you to read.

For this systematic review, we searched MEDLINE, Global Health, Embase, Social Policy, and Web of Science, using the search terms “domestic violence ” or “partner violence ” or “spouse abuse” or “spouse violence ” or “domestic abuse” or “partner abuse” or “battered women” or “intimate partner violence ” or “domestic abuse” or “ dating violence ” or “sexual violence ” or “sexual abuse” or “rape” combined with the study design. LS is a staff member of the UNDP-UN Population Fund-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research , Development, and Research Training in Human Reproduction in the Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research that is executed by WHO. MM-G's research programme is funded by a Tier II Canada Research Chair in