Dating violence - prevention measures by U.S. high schools 2012

This statistic shows the results of a survey among American high school counselors on the preventative measures their high school takes to prevent dating violence among adolescents and teenagers in 2012. Some 66 percent of high school counselors surveyed stated their school educates the students about healthy dating relationships to prevent dating violence.

High school counselors: How does your school prevent dating violence among teenagers? (United States, 2012)

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Educates students about healthy dating relationships	66%
Educates students about where to report an incident of ADV	54%
Educates students about dating violence prevention	42%
Keeps ADV complaints in confidential file separate from academic records	34%
Has information posted about ADV that is easy for students to find	25%
Committee meets periodically to address health and safety issues that include ADV	24%
Conducts periodic student surveys that include questions on ADV	17%
Violence prevention/safe school policy addresses ADV	11%
Provided training to assist survivors of ADV in the past 2 years	10%

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Release date

July 2012

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2012

Number of respondents

305 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

high school counselors who were members of the American School Counselors Association

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

The source does not provide the exact date of the survey.
The source does not provide the original question posed in the questionnaire; the wording chosen here may differ slightly from the original.
ADV= Adolescent Dating Violence

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