Their survey of more than 1,300 13- to 17-year-olds found that a quarter of girls said they have been slapped, punched or beaten by boyfriends and a third had been pressured to take part in sexual acts. The results also showed one in six teenage girls had been pressured into having intercourse and one in 16 had been raped.
Boys were also the victims of violence within relationships, with one in five saying they had suffered in this way.
One of the girls surveyed, Sian, told researchers: "I only went out with him for a week. And then because I didn't want to have sex he just started picking on me and hitting me."
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