Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Adolescent Victims of Physical Dating Violence: Why Do They Stay in Abusive Relationships? |
| Authors: |
Muñoz-Rivas, Marina1, Ronzón-Tirado, Rosa Carolina1 rosa.ronzon@uam.es, Redondo, Natalia1, Cassinello, María Dolores Zamarrón1 |
| Source: |
Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Jun2022, Vol. 37 Issue 11/12, pNP10362-NP10381. 20p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Hispanic Americans, *Experience, *Decision making, *Aggression (Psychology), *Adolescence, Structural equation modeling, Confidence intervals, Assault & battery, Dating violence, Satisfaction, Crime victims, Descriptive statistics, Commitment (Psychology), Statistical sampling, Data analysis software, Control (Psychology) |
| Geographic Terms: |
Spain, Mexico |
| Abstract: |
According to recent international studies, most of the adolescent victims of physical dating violence remain satisfied and committed toward their abusive relationship, giving way to long-term relationships in which the abuse tends to persist and increase in frequency and severity. The objective of this study is to contribute to the understanding of the stay/leave decision of the adolescent victims of physical dating violence. A structural equation model was estimated to explain the direct and indirect contribution of the level of satisfaction, commitment, justification of the aggression, relationship duration, psychological coercion toward commitment, and the consequences of the abuse on the victims' decision to continue in the abusive relationship. The sample was 456 Latinx adolescents aged between 12 and 18 years. The results corroborate that the decision to leave a physically abusive dating relationship is a complex phenomenon related to subjective variables such as (a) the level of satisfaction, (b) cognitive evaluation of the aggression (especially in those couples who have been together for a long time), and (c) the exposure to psychological pressures toward commitment. Future preventive strategies must incorporate actions to help the youngest to evaluate in a more objective and adequate way, the real quality of their first relationships, and aim to modify the justification of the aggression, the recognition of the potential harm, and to foster an adequate balance between the benefits and harm of staying in the abusive relationship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
