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[Perception of dating violence among adolescents. Transversal study.]
Marta Sanmartín-Andújar1, Andrea Vila-Fariñas1, Mónica Pérez-Ríos1,2,3
1Área de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública; Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Santiago de Compostela. España.
Objective:
The violence produced in the context of dating is known as dating violence. Currently, it is a widespread problem in adolescence and there is a great lack of knowledge about the beliefs/attitudes that help perpetuate this phenomenon. This study aimed to assess how adolescents perceive dating violence. Additionally, to estimate the observed frequency of exposure of adolescents to different dating violence items, assessing the differences according to sex and educational level.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study was carried out in 2022 among high school students coming from Spain (Galician Region) The data was collected by means of an anonymous online questionnaire. A descriptive analysis of the data obtained was conducted. The observed frequency of adolescents' exposure to different items of dating violence and identification of violence was estimated. Fisher's exact test was used to compare the proportions according to sex and educational level.
Results:
410 students were included. 99% of the women perceived that it is not normal to control their partner's clothing compared to 88% of the men; in relation to the control of friendships these percentages were 87.6% and 73.1% and with respect to criticism of the partner 54.7% vs 67.9%, respectively in women and men. 46.8% of the students admitted knowing of cases in which they sent several messages a day to find out what their partner was doing. 21.7% referred to be aware of cases who felt fear of the partner.
Conclusions:
The perception of dating violence by women is higher. The largest differences between men and women are in the items of the control domain.
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