Tolerance of intimate partner violence and sexist attitudes among health sciences students from three Spanish universities

To explore university health science students’ intimate partner violence tolerance and sexist attitudes and to examine their trend throughout the academic years. Cross-sectional study of students of both sexes of the degrees of medicine, nursing, and psychology from three selected Spanish universiti...

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Published in:Gaceta sanitaria 2020-03, Vol.34 (2), p.179-185
Main Authors: García-Díaz, Vanesa, Fernández-Feito, Ana, Bringas-Molleda, Carolina, Rodríguez-Díaz, Francisco Javier, Lana, Alberto
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actitudes
Attitudes
Demography
Estudiantes de ocupaciones de la salud
Gender identity
Health Care Sciences & Services
Health occupations students
Health Policy & Services
Identidad de género
Infectious Diseases
Intimate partner violence
Psychology
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sexism
Sexismo
Sociology
Universidades
Universities
Violencia de pareja
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Summary:To explore university health science students’ intimate partner violence tolerance and sexist attitudes and to examine their trend throughout the academic years. Cross-sectional study of students of both sexes of the degrees of medicine, nursing, and psychology from three selected Spanish universities (n = 1,322). Data were collected anonymously using two validated scales: the Dating Violence Questionnaire (DVQ-R) and the Gender Role Attitudes Scale (GRAS). Logistic regressions were used to compare tolerance toward violence and sexist attitudes across the degrees. The evolution of these variables throughout different academic courses was assessed. Of the sample, 62.8% were tolerant towards intimate partner violence. The percentage of tolerant students was significantly higher in Psychology (75.9%) than in Nursing (57.7%) and Medicine Degrees (60.3%). A higher percentage of sexist students was also found in psychology students (80.8%) than in nursing (62.2%) and medicine students (62.7%). Compared to the first-year students, female medicine students of the last courses were less tolerant to intimate partner violence (p-trend
ISSN:0213-9111
DOI:10.1016/j.gaceta.2019.01.003