“…Silverman et al (2001) proposed that age is positively associated with DV because younger girls have had fewer romantic and sexual experiences. Other studies, however, have failed to find a relationship between the age of participants and DV, but these results could be explained by the lack of variability in the age of the participants in these studies (Buzy et al, 2004;Cyr, McDuff, & Wright, 2006;Ehrensaft et al, 2003;Gover, 2004;Harned, 2002;Howard, Qiu, & Boekeloo, 2003;Howard & Wang, 2005;Kaestle & Halpern, 2005;Malik, Sorenson, & Aneshensel, 1997;Noland, Liller, McDermott, Coulter, & Seraphine, 2004;Reuterman & Burcky, 1989;Rickert, Wiemann, Harrykissoon, Berenson, & Kolb, 2002;Rickert, Wiemann, Vaughan, & White, 2004;Synovitz & Byrne, 1998;Tourigny, Lavoie, Vézina, & Pelletier, 2006).…”