Prevalence of Psychological Violence in Young People in the South of Spain: Implications for Prevention
The present study shows the prevalence of psychological violence received across ten dimensions in young people aged 18 to 25 years (55.8% female) and the perception of severity, in order to design more effective dating violence prevention programs. We used a sample taken in southern Spain of 771 pe...
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| description | The present study shows the prevalence of psychological violence received across ten dimensions in young people aged 18 to 25 years (55.8% female) and the perception of severity, in order to design more effective dating violence prevention programs. We used a sample taken in southern Spain of 771 people. The instrument used was an adaptation of Perceived Gender Violence Scale (VGP), a perception of dating violence scales towards women through 47 behaviours. It was adapted to assess psychological violence received in men and women, maintaining psychometric properties from original (α > .94) and a factor analysis without rotation resulting in a KMO-Barlett .94. The results show that 84.4% of women and 80.2% of men have received some type of psychological violence behaviour from their last partners. The most frequent are Affective indifference (67.7%), Discrediting (51.8%) and Control (50.6%), followed by Emotional manipulation and Sexual pressure. Differences were found by age, with more frequent at the age of 20 years old. Differences were found by sex in the type of psychological violence received, but the most important predictor variables were having a current partner (β = 17.7; p < .001; R2 = .07): where women with a partner perceive a lower level of violence received. The data suggest that it is necessary to incorporate these behaviours to be developed as contents in prevention programs; the research provides the most frequent behaviors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5e545d74d7944804ab5a296aa94e739e2023-09-14T10:23:59ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships1981-64722023-06-0117111112910.5964/ijpr.7877ijpr.7877Prevalence of Psychological Violence in Young People in the South of Spain: Implications for PreventionCarmen Lledo Rando0Fabiola Perles Novas1Jesus San-Martin Garcia2Department of Social Psychology, Social Work, Social Anthropology and East Asian Studies, University of Malaga, Málaga, SpainDepartment of Social Psychology, Social Work, Social Anthropology and East Asian Studies, University of Malaga, Málaga, SpainDepartment of Social Psychology, Social Work, Social Anthropology and East Asian Studies, University of Malaga, Málaga, SpainThe present study shows the prevalence of psychological violence received across ten dimensions in young people aged 18 to 25 years (55.8% female) and the perception of severity, in order to design more effective dating violence prevention programs. We used a sample taken in southern Spain of 771 people. The instrument used was an adaptation of Perceived Gender Violence Scale (VGP), a perception of dating violence scales towards women through 47 behaviours. It was adapted to assess psychological violence received in men and women, maintaining psychometric properties from original (α > .94) and a factor analysis without rotation resulting in a KMO-Barlett .94. The results show that 84.4% of women and 80.2% of men have received some type of psychological violence behaviour from their last partners. The most frequent are Affective indifference (67.7%), Discrediting (51.8%) and Control (50.6%), followed by Emotional manipulation and Sexual pressure. Differences were found by age, with more frequent at the age of 20 years old. Differences were found by sex in the type of psychological violence received, but the most important predictor variables were having a current partner (β = 17.7; p < .001; R2 = .07): where women with a partner perceive a lower level of violence received. The data suggest that it is necessary to incorporate these behaviours to be developed as contents in prevention programs; the research provides the most frequent behaviors.https://interpersona.psychopen.eu/index.php/interpersona/article/view/7877psychology violencegender-based violenceintimate partner violenceyouthpreventionaffective indifferencedating violence |
| spellingShingle | Carmen Lledo Rando Fabiola Perles Novas Jesus San-Martin Garcia Prevalence of Psychological Violence in Young People in the South of Spain: Implications for Prevention Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships psychology violence gender-based violence intimate partner violence youth prevention affective indifference dating violence |
| title | Prevalence of Psychological Violence in Young People in the South of Spain: Implications for Prevention |
| title_full | Prevalence of Psychological Violence in Young People in the South of Spain: Implications for Prevention |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of Psychological Violence in Young People in the South of Spain: Implications for Prevention |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of Psychological Violence in Young People in the South of Spain: Implications for Prevention |
| title_short | Prevalence of Psychological Violence in Young People in the South of Spain: Implications for Prevention |
| title_sort | prevalence of psychological violence in young people in the south of spain implications for prevention |
| topic | psychology violence gender-based violence intimate partner violence youth prevention affective indifference dating violence |
| url | https://interpersona.psychopen.eu/index.php/interpersona/article/view/7877 |
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