Characteristics of Youth Dating Violence and Risk Factors in Mexico: An Analysis From a National Sample

Dating violence is a significant issue affecting today’s youth and can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic, racial, and religious backgrounds, and it occurs in heterosexual, gay, and lesbian relationships. This study examines and identifies the different types of datin...

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Main Author: Arun Kumar Acharya
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Language:English
Published: Hipatia Press 2015-11-01
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Online Access:https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/rimcis/article/view/1586
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description Dating violence is a significant issue affecting today’s youth and can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic, racial, and religious backgrounds, and it occurs in heterosexual, gay, and lesbian relationships. This study examines and identifies the different types of dating violence, and their associated risk factors in Mexico considering the data from a national sample. In 2007, the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Information (INEGI) conducted a nationwide survey of youth (15-24 years old), to address the problem of dating violence among these demographic group. The survey was conducted in all 32 states of Mexico, which included 4,147 males and 3,807 females. Results indicate that young females in Mexico suffered different types of dating violence from their counterpart. It also found that dating violence has a greater impact on the health status of girls. In addition, this study shows that dating violence has led many young females toward substance abuse.
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spelling doaj.art-fe80a8eb6614400ba68065b34afbbc8f2022-12-22T02:40:58ZengHipatia PressRIMCIS2014-36802015-11-014310.17583/rimcis.2015.1586Characteristics of Youth Dating Violence and Risk Factors in Mexico: An Analysis From a National SampleArun Kumar Acharya0Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico Dating violence is a significant issue affecting today’s youth and can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic, racial, and religious backgrounds, and it occurs in heterosexual, gay, and lesbian relationships. This study examines and identifies the different types of dating violence, and their associated risk factors in Mexico considering the data from a national sample. In 2007, the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Information (INEGI) conducted a nationwide survey of youth (15-24 years old), to address the problem of dating violence among these demographic group. The survey was conducted in all 32 states of Mexico, which included 4,147 males and 3,807 females. Results indicate that young females in Mexico suffered different types of dating violence from their counterpart. It also found that dating violence has a greater impact on the health status of girls. In addition, this study shows that dating violence has led many young females toward substance abuse. https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/rimcis/article/view/1586youthdating violencerisk factorsMexico
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Characteristics of Youth Dating Violence and Risk Factors in Mexico: An Analysis From a National Sample
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dating violence
risk factors
Mexico
title Characteristics of Youth Dating Violence and Risk Factors in Mexico: An Analysis From a National Sample
title_full Characteristics of Youth Dating Violence and Risk Factors in Mexico: An Analysis From a National Sample
title_fullStr Characteristics of Youth Dating Violence and Risk Factors in Mexico: An Analysis From a National Sample
title_full_unstemmed Characteristics of Youth Dating Violence and Risk Factors in Mexico: An Analysis From a National Sample
title_short Characteristics of Youth Dating Violence and Risk Factors in Mexico: An Analysis From a National Sample
title_sort characteristics of youth dating violence and risk factors in mexico an analysis from a national sample
topic youth
dating violence
risk factors
Mexico
url https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/rimcis/article/view/1586
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