Abstract
Teen dating violence (TDV) affects a sizable number of youth, increasing the risk for several negative physical and mental health outcomes across the lifespan. Much of the research on TDV has focused on individual-level factors; however recently, there has been a shift and researchers have started to focus on the neighborhood environment and the role it may play in influencing TDV. In this chapter, we draw from the comparatively robust body of literature focusing on adult partner violence to illustrate the potential for certain neighborhood characteristics to affect differences in TDV. The literature on neighborhood factors and TDV is in its infancy, but it is expected to grow as researchers from a range of fields including public health, criminology, sociology, and clinical medicine continue to explore it. Currently, there is limited evidence associating neighborhood factors to TDV, suggesting that more rigorous research is needed to understand these relationships.
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