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Prevalence and factors associated with dating violence among public school adolescents
Ana Virginia Rodrigues Veríssimo1,2, Elivalda Andrade Silva3, Karla Hellen Dias Soares4
1Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) . Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente. Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil.
Objective:
Identify the prevalence and factors associated with dating violence among school adolescents.
Method:
Quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study, conducted in a state public school in Recife, Pernambuco, in August 2018, with 270 adolescents, aged between 12 and 19 years, from middle and high school. A form was applied with questions about the characterization of the adolescents, the experience of dating relationships, and the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory. Pearson's chi-square test or Fisher's exact test was used for statistical analysis.
Results:
The prevalence of physical, sexual, and psychological victimization was 31.9%, 36.4% and 81.8%, respectively. An association was identified between religious affiliation (p = 0.002), sexual orientation of the participants (p = 0.027), and parents' education (p = 0.015) and physical victimization during dating.
Conclusion:
Individual and contextual aspects related to dating violence among adolescents imply the need for the involvement of the school nurse in intersectoral and interdisciplinary health interventions.
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