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Abstract
This study reports the findings of focus groups examining the thoughts and attitudes of Mexican American youth about dating violence. Youth in the focus groups expressed concern about the wide spread use of violence, and many reported the common occurrences of violent behaviors in their lives. Moreover, the youth voiced the acceptance of the use of violence in many situations especially when violence is used to retaliate for a peer's lack of respect or infidelity. Males expressed a willingness to intervene on behalf of female friends who were victimized by violence. The males reported that they turned to friends for assistance when they were confronted with violence. Females involved in relationship violence stated that they preferred to turn to their brothers for assistance. Implications for developing culturally sensitive prevention programming are discussed.