This statistic presents the percentage of U.S. teens who have experienced controlling or harmful online behavior from a current or former romantic partner as of March 2015. During the survey, 21 percent of teens stated that a current or former partners had read their text messages without their permission.
Share of U.S. teens who have experienced negative online behavior from a current or former romantic partner as of March 2015
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Checked up with you multiple times per day asking where you are, who you're with, or what you're doing
31%
Called you names, put you down or said really mean things to you on the internet or on your cellphone
22%
Read your text messages without your permission
21%
Made you remove former girlfriends/boyfriends from your friends list on social media
16%
Used the internet or text messages to try to pressure you into sexual activity you didn't want to have
15%
Spread rumors about you on the internet or on a cellphone
15%
Demanded to know the passwords to your e-mail and internet accounts
13%
Contacted you on the internet or on your cellphone to threaten to hurt you
11%
Used information posted on the internet against you, to harass or embarass you
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Pew Research Center. (October 1, 2015). Share of U.S. teens who have experienced negative online behavior from a current or former romantic partner as of March 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/473222/teens-negative-online-behavior-from-romantic-partner-us/
Pew Research Center. "Share of U.S. teens who have experienced negative online behavior from a current or former romantic partner as of March 2015." Chart. October 1, 2015. Statista. Accessed January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/473222/teens-negative-online-behavior-from-romantic-partner-us/
Pew Research Center. (2015). Share of U.S. teens who have experienced negative online behavior from a current or former romantic partner as of March 2015. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/473222/teens-negative-online-behavior-from-romantic-partner-us/
Pew Research Center. "Share of U.S. Teens Who Have Experienced Negative Online Behavior from a Current or Former Romantic Partner as of March 2015." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Oct 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/473222/teens-negative-online-behavior-from-romantic-partner-us/
Pew Research Center, Share of U.S. teens who have experienced negative online behavior from a current or former romantic partner as of March 2015 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/473222/teens-negative-online-behavior-from-romantic-partner-us/ (last visited January 08, 2025)
Share of U.S. teens who have experienced negative online behavior from a current or former romantic partner as of March 2015 [Graph], Pew Research Center, October 1, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/473222/teens-negative-online-behavior-from-romantic-partner-us/
