Emotional Intelligence as a Protective Factor Against Psychological Maltreatment in Dating Couples According to Age

Psychological violence during dating is a current phenomenon of universal proportions. Initiatives are urgently required to deal with this reality, initiatives focused on anticipating the potentially violent dynamics. Various works of research have confirmed that emotional intelligence can be a prot...

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Published in:Journal of social service research 2018-10, Vol.44 (5), p.632-642
Main Authors: Blázquez-Alonso, Macarena, Moreno-Manso, Juan Manuel, García-Baamonde, Ma. Elena, Guerrero-Barona, Eloísa, Pozueco-Romero, José Manuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
College students
Couples
Dating
dating relationships
Emotional abuse
Emotional intelligence
Emotions
prevention
Protective factors
Psychological aspects
Psychological maltreatment
Reality
Selfmanagement
Training
Variability
Violence
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Summary:Psychological violence during dating is a current phenomenon of universal proportions. Initiatives are urgently required to deal with this reality, initiatives focused on anticipating the potentially violent dynamics. Various works of research have confirmed that emotional intelligence can be a protecting factor against violence in relationships. This paper analyses the relation between the capacity to exercise behavior patterns of psychological maltreatment within dating couples and the subjects' emotional competences, as well as its relation to the subjects' age. 1080 students of the University of Extremadura (Spain) participated in the study, aged between 17 and 23 years or more. The results show the presence of all the behavior patterns of psychological maltreatment analyzed, especially among the students aged 17-18 years. Similarly, the existence of significant correlations between all the manifestations of psychological violence and the emotional competences studied are confirmed, with a great variability in the results depending on the subjects' age. Future studies are suggested focusing on training in emotional self-management skills as a protective agent against psychological violence in dating couples and as a healthy marital mechanism with no age limit.
ISSN:0148-8376
1540-7314
DOI:10.1080/01488376.2018.1477694