Latest Healthy Kids News Health Tip. Urinary Tract Infections Are Common Toys That Hold Risks for Kids Starting School Seward May Keep Girls Thin Drop Side Cribs Banned Due to Safety Issues Young Children Consume Caffeine Each Day Want More News. They weren't selecting their dating partners specifically for violence." For the study, published in the December issue of the journal Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, the researchers surveyed 1,398 urban high school students at 22 schools in Boston in 2008 and asked if they had physically hurt a girlfriend or boyfriend, sibling or peer within the previous month. The More than forty one percent said they'd physically hurt another kid on at least. Sign Up for MedicineNet Newsletters. The study provides new details about the links between various types of violence, said study lead Rothman, an associate professor at the Boston University School of Public Health. "There's a huge overall connection between perpetration of dating violence and the perpetration of other forms of youth violence," she said.

"The majority of students who were being violent with their dating partners were generally violent.