When Is Teasing Abuse? A Grounded Theory of Teasing Among Mexican American Adolescent Dating Couples.

This study examined the use of teasing during observed videotaped interactions of Mexican American adolescent dating couples ( = 34; 15-17 years old) from an urban area of the Southwest United States. During the interaction task, couples discussed two relationship problems for 14 min and nearly all interactions (88.2%) contained teasing.