Boys are more likely than girls to get hit, slapped, or pushed in a relationship, according to a Canadian study that tracked almost 36,000 British Columbia youths in grades 7 to 12 who were in dating relationships.
While 4.2 percent of girls said they had experienced such behavior by their partners, 5.8 percent of boys did, the study showed. The results, from 2013, point to a decrease from a decade earlier for boys, when it was at 8 percent, but not for girls, with 5.3 percent reporting physical abuse. Overall, 5 percent of teens reported dating violence in 2013, down from about 6 percent in 2003.
