America: 25% of young people are controlled by

Jealous teenagers often use cell phones and computers to harass and control their romantic partners, and most of the abused victims are reluctant to discuss it with Parents. That is the result of an investigation conducted by the American Research Center for Youth.

The study found that nearly 25% of teenagers who are in an emotional relationship receive hourly messages or phone calls to check them between midnight and 5 am. One in six said that every night they received at least 10 messages per hour.

Jane Randel, vice president of retail fashion house Liz Claiborne, commissioner of the survey said: " According to our experts, contacting someone regularly with questions, does That simple statue can be explained for the purpose of control and intimidation. It is not an accidental exchange . "

The survey was published at the launch of the loveisrespect.org website, the center of the National Youth Hotline for dating abuse, a service deployed on the Internet and the Internet to help the missing The year is entangled in abusive relationships. The agency is funded by Liz Claiborne and organizes the Domestic Violence Hotline.

More than one-third of the young people interviewed in the survey said a boyfriend or girlfriend harassed them with messages, and a quarter said their partners used cell phones. , Internet tools are email, blogs or web forums to offend you.

Worse still, one in five of them were used by cell phone boys and girls, email and online messages to push for sex, and one in 10 were threatened. threaten by violence.

The victims of abusive behavior were not willing to tell their parents about the incident, 72% said they had kept the story of getting some emails or messages with harassment content, and 82 Other% did not reveal the issue of being urged to have sex.

When asked about why they did not tell parents about the abusive behavior, nearly half said the problem was not serious, more than a quarter said they were afraid. continue to be allowed access to technology, even using mobile phones or computers.

Done online in December 2006, the survey took place over a week with 414 parents and 615 teenagers aged 13 to 18 participating in answering questions related to use communication facilities in social communication.

Vu Anh Tu