Research studies examining the prevalence of domestic abuse in intimate relationships has increased over the past several decades; however, there exist only a few published research studies which relate directly to individuals' self-identification of their participation in abusive relationships. The primary objective of this research was to examine the relationship between college students' self-perceptions of participation in abusive dating relationships and abusive behaviors reported in those relationships. Other variables, including relationship types, self-reported abuse in past dating relationships, abuse acceptability beliefs, and gender, were also explored. The sample for this study included 1530 heterosexual, never-married undergraduate students at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (EUP) who had been involved in at least one dating relationship during college. Data were collected during the spring 2006 semester. Two survey instruments were used to gather data about subjects' demographics, attitudes and beliefs about abuse in dating relationships, and abusive behaviors in their dating relationships. Subjects were recruited from a variety of general education classes required of all EUP students. Statistical analyses included frequency analyses, chi-squares, and linear regression analyses. Results indicated that 25.0% of subjects reported receiving at least two acts of physical abuse (“Recipients”) and 24.5% of subjects reported committing at least two acts of physical abuse (“Perpetrators”) in their current or most recent dating relationship. Of the Recipients, only 14.6% reported believing that they had ever been physically abused in their current/most recent relationship. Of the Perpetrators, only 11.9% reported believing that they had ever physically abused their current/most recent dating partner. When compared with “non-Recipients” (subjects who reported receiving fewer than two acts of physical abuse), Recipients were significantly more likely to self-identify as recipients of past dating abuse. When compared with “non-Perpetrators” (subjects who reported committing fewer than two acts of physical abuse), Perpetrators were more likely to be female and to self-identify as perpetrators of past dating abuse. When compared with “incorrectly” self-identifying Recipients, “correctly” self-identifying Recipients were significantly more likely to self-identify as a recipient of past dating abuse. When compared with “incorrectly” self-identifying Perpetrators, “correctly” self-identifying Perpetrators were significantly more likely to self-identify as perpetrators of past dating abuse. Results of this study indicate that the majority of students in physically abusive dating relationships fail to identify themselves as being in such relationships. This seems to indicate some level of denial, ignorance, and/or normalization of physical violence in college student dating relationships, and warrants further investigation.Keyword(s): college level issues, gender issues, violence/prevention