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Justification beliefs of violence, myths about love and cyber dating abuse/Creencias justificadoras de la violencia, mitos sobre el amor y abuso online en el noviazgo
Background: Distorted beliefs about violence and love are often associated with the presence of violence in dating relationships. This study analyzes the relationship between beliefs that justify violence and myths about love in two types of cyber dating abuse (control and direct aggression). Method...
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Published in: | Psicothema 2015-10, p.327 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Spanish |
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Summary: | Background: Distorted beliefs about violence and love are often associated with the presence of violence in dating relationships. This study analyzes the relationship between beliefs that justify violence and myths about love in two types of cyber dating abuse (control and direct aggression). Method: The sample consisted of 656 young people between the ages of 18 and 30 years (79.5% women). Results: Regression analysis showed that justification of cyber dating abuse was significantly associated with a higher likelihood of direct aggression in online dating relationships. Myths about love were associated with a greater likelihood of control in online dating relationships. Furthermore, the relationship between justification of cyber dating abuse and perpetration of direct aggression was stronger in women. The relationship between myths about love and perpetration of online control was stronger among the youngest individuals. Conclusion: The justification of abuse and myths about love are important aspects in the development of different kinds of online abuse among young couples. This finding has important implications for the prevention of and intervention in these behaviors. Keywords: cyber dating abuse, control, direct aggression, justification, myths about love. Antecedentes: las creencias distorsionadas sobre la violencia y el amor se han relacionado con la presencia de violencia en las relaciones de pareja. El presente estudio analiza la relacion de las creencias que justifican la violencia y los mitos del amor en dos formas de abuso online en el noviazgo (control y agresion directa). Metodo: la muestra estuvo compuesta por 656 jovenes de entre 18 y 30 anos (79.5% mujeres). Resultados: los analisis de regresion pusieron de manifiesto que la justificacion del abuso online se asocio significativamente a una mayor probabilidad de perpetracion de agresion directa online en relaciones de noviazgo. Los mitos del amor, por su parte, se relacionaron con una mayor probabilidad de perpetracion de control online. Ademas, la relacion entre la justificacion del abuso online y la perpetracion de agresion directa fue mas fuerte entre las mujeres. Por su parte, la relacion entre los mitos sobre el amor y la perpetracion de control fue mas fuerte entre los mas jovenes. Conclusion: la justificacion del abuso y los mitos del amor se presentan como aspectos importantes en la aparicion de formas de abuso online en parejas. Esto tiene importantes implicaciones para la preven |
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ISSN: | 0214-9915 |
DOI: | 10.7334/psicothema2015.59 |