The special beauty of youthful relationships lies in the ease with which plans are made, the future is imagined, and joint ventures are planned. In the period of adolescence, many changes occur and the first love relationships begin. Due to insufficient experience in solving problems in a relationship, different forms of partner behavior may occur. This research paper on the topic "Youth-peer relationships" initially defines the characteristics of adolescence and youth relationships, further defines violence, talks about forms of violence in youth relationships, risk factors and violence prevention programs. The forms of violence that occur can be physical, psychological, emotional and accompanied by verbal or physical abuse, coercion and manipulation. The goal of this research work is to raise awareness of the problem of violence that occurs among peers in youth relationships. The survey among respondents was conducted at the Faculty of Health Studies in Rijeka. The respondents who were included in the research are full-time and part-time students of the first, second and third year of undergraduate professional and university nursing studies. The sampling method was a sample, and the number was 103. Most of the youngest respondents were under the age of 25. For this research, a questionnaire is used, for which permission for its use has been obtained in advance. The research results show that the respondents have no difficulty in recognizing violent behavior as such, and do not perceive different forms of abusive behavior (controlling behavior, love, etc.) as signs of love.