Jealousy and intimate partner violence in students of the University of Cuenca, Ecuador
This research work evaluates violence in couples of university students and focuses on their relationship with jealousy and other variables. Using a cross-sectional design, 186 students from the University of Cuenca, Ecuador, were surveyed. Instruments used were Conflict in Adolescents Dating Relati...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Uruguay |
| Institución: | Universidad Católica del Uruguay |
| Repositorio: | LIBERI |
| Idioma: | español inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:liberi.ucu.edu.uy:10895/5531 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/cienciaspsicologicas/article/view/2353 https://hdl.handle.net/10895/5531 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | partner violence university student jealousy fidelity stress substance use violencia de pareja estudiante universitario celos fidelidad estrés consumo de sustancias violência de casal estudante universitário ciúmes fidelidade estresse uso de substâncias |
| Sumario: | This research work evaluates violence in couples of university students and focuses on their relationship with jealousy and other variables. Using a cross-sectional design, 186 students from the University of Cuenca, Ecuador, were surveyed. Instruments used were Conflict in Adolescents Dating Relationships Inventory, Multidimensional Jealousy Scale, and other ad hoc methods related to fidelity, substance use, and stress during dating relationship. Violence scores observed were low in general though disturbing in 5.4% of students surveyed. Noticeably, 60.2% of them reported to have committed at least one physical violent act during their index dating relationship. Violence subtypes measured showed similar distribution between men and women. Correlation between total violence committed and suffered was .77 (p< .001). A significant association was observed between the highest violence group and behavioral jealousy and stress during dating relationship. |
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