Romantic myths and cyber dating violence victimization in Spanish adolescents: A moderated mediation model
Adolescents’ beliefs in romantic myths of love have been related to cyber dating violence victimization. However, these relationships could be mediated by adolescents’ tolerant attitudes toward dating abuse and be different for adolescent boys and girls. A better understanding of these relationship...
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| author | María Jesús Cava Caballero Isabel Castillo Inés Tomás Sofía Buelga |
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Adolescents’ beliefs in romantic myths of love have been related to cyber dating violence victimization. However, these relationships could be mediated by adolescents’ tolerant attitudes toward dating abuse and be different for adolescent boys and girls. A better understanding of these relationships is important for developing more effective prevention programs. Thus, the current study aimed to examine the relationships between beliefs in romantic myths and cyber dating violence victimization in adolescents, analyzing the possible mediating role of tolerant attitudes toward abuse and the possible moderator role of gender. Participants were 467 Spanish adolescents who had a romantic relationship (54.4% girls; Mage = 15.09). Results showed positive significant direct and indirect relationships, through tolerant attitudes toward abuse, between beliefs in romantic myths and cyber dating violence victimization. Gender was not a moderator variable in the direct relationships, but its moderator role was supported in the indirect relationships. Stronger positive links between romantic myths and tolerant attitudes toward abuse, and between tolerant attitudes and cyber-control victimization, were found in adolescent girls. These findings highlight the need to consider tolerant attitudes toward abuse in intervention programs designed to prevent cyber dating violence victimization in adolescents and continue to analyze gender differences in variables related to cyber dating violence victimization.
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| spelling | doaj.art-ab2457bc628e45e5b1aa840c4dcb183d2024-03-23T13:14:01ZengMasaryk UniversityCyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace1802-79622023-04-0117210.5817/CP2023-2-4Romantic myths and cyber dating violence victimization in Spanish adolescents: A moderated mediation modelMaría Jesús Cava Caballero0Isabel Castillo1Inés Tomás2Sofía Buelga3Department of Social Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainDepartment of Social Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainDepartment of Methodology of Behavioural Sciences, University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainDepartment of Social Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain Adolescents’ beliefs in romantic myths of love have been related to cyber dating violence victimization. However, these relationships could be mediated by adolescents’ tolerant attitudes toward dating abuse and be different for adolescent boys and girls. A better understanding of these relationships is important for developing more effective prevention programs. Thus, the current study aimed to examine the relationships between beliefs in romantic myths and cyber dating violence victimization in adolescents, analyzing the possible mediating role of tolerant attitudes toward abuse and the possible moderator role of gender. Participants were 467 Spanish adolescents who had a romantic relationship (54.4% girls; Mage = 15.09). Results showed positive significant direct and indirect relationships, through tolerant attitudes toward abuse, between beliefs in romantic myths and cyber dating violence victimization. Gender was not a moderator variable in the direct relationships, but its moderator role was supported in the indirect relationships. Stronger positive links between romantic myths and tolerant attitudes toward abuse, and between tolerant attitudes and cyber-control victimization, were found in adolescent girls. These findings highlight the need to consider tolerant attitudes toward abuse in intervention programs designed to prevent cyber dating violence victimization in adolescents and continue to analyze gender differences in variables related to cyber dating violence victimization. https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/20928romantic mythscyber dating violencevictimizationtolerance toward abuseattitudesadolescence |
| spellingShingle | María Jesús Cava Caballero Isabel Castillo Inés Tomás Sofía Buelga Romantic myths and cyber dating violence victimization in Spanish adolescents: A moderated mediation model Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace romantic myths cyber dating violence victimization tolerance toward abuse attitudes adolescence |
| title | Romantic myths and cyber dating violence victimization in Spanish adolescents: A moderated mediation model |
| title_full | Romantic myths and cyber dating violence victimization in Spanish adolescents: A moderated mediation model |
| title_fullStr | Romantic myths and cyber dating violence victimization in Spanish adolescents: A moderated mediation model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Romantic myths and cyber dating violence victimization in Spanish adolescents: A moderated mediation model |
| title_short | Romantic myths and cyber dating violence victimization in Spanish adolescents: A moderated mediation model |
| title_sort | romantic myths and cyber dating violence victimization in spanish adolescents a moderated mediation model |
| topic | romantic myths cyber dating violence victimization tolerance toward abuse attitudes adolescence |
| url | https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/20928 |
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