Dating violence is a serious manifestation of harmful behaviour during adolescence. During the past decades, considerable research has shed light on patterns, causes, and consequences of dating violence. One of the most notable findings emerging from widely used survey instruments is that female adolescents report perpetrating physical dating violence more or equally frequently as male adolescents. Similarly, male youth appear to equally frequently report that they have been victims of physical dating violence as female adolescents. This commentary reviews issues emerging from the debate on gender symmetry in dating violence and proposes directions for future research. It suggests that future research needs to consider three interrelated issues to advance the field, namely: to improve the understanding of differences in harm, advance the knowledge of gender differences in the short-term dynamics involved in conflict and aggression, and strengthen the evidence base on shared and gender-specific developmental aetiologies of dating violence.

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青少年身体约会暴力中的性别对称问题：对研究议程的评论和建议

约会暴力是青春期有害行为的严重表现。在过去的几十年中，大量研究揭示了约会暴力的模式、原因和后果。广泛使用的调查工具中最显着的发现之一是，女性青少年报告的身体约会暴力行为与男性青少年相比更多或同样频繁。同样，男性青年似乎与女性青少年一样频繁地报告说他们是身体约会暴力的受害者。本评论回顾了约会暴力中性别对称性辩论中出现的问题，并提出了未来研究的方向。它表明，未来的研究需要考虑三个相互关联的问题来推进该领域，即：提高对伤害差异的理解，