Family violence, adaptability and cohesion in high school students

• Main Authors: Paula Alexandra Nelas, Claudia Chaves, Emilia Coutinho, Carla Cruz, Odete Amaral
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Asociación Nacional de Psicología Evolutiva y Educativa de la Infancia Adolescencia Mayores y Discapacidad 2016-07-01
• Series: INFAD
• Subjects: violência; namoro; estudantes; ensino superior; adaptabilidade e coesão familiar
• Online Access: http://www.infad.eu/RevistaINFAD/OJS/index.php/IJODAEP/article/view/234

Background: Dating violence is a serious problem, whether because of its prevalence and consequences on physical and mental health. Objectives: To identify the sociodemographic and academic variables that affects the behavior of dating violence for students in higher education and determines how the adaptability and family cohesion interfere in the behavior of violence. Participants: The sample consisted of 820 university students (mean age 20,48 years, Sd= 2.51). Method: It is a quantitative, described correlational and cross study. The research protocol is a questionnaire. Allowed to characterize socio demographically and academics sample, in terms of practices and behaviors violence in dating with Dixe, Rodrigues, Freire et al. ( 2010), Scale and Adaptability and Family Cohesion with Tribuna, (2000) Scale. Results: This is a mainly female sample (69.4%), predominance of single students (57.2%), 46.2% attends a course in technology and 52.5% attend a course in health care. Gender, marital status, and course interfere in the conduct of dating violence. Are the male students, the course in the field of technology and to attend the 1st year who exhibit more violent behavior dating, especially stalking violence and psychological violence. The adaptability and family cohesion were not significant in physical and sexual violence, stalking and psychological violence. Conclusion: Given the results we propose the implementation of programs (debates and forums) against dating violence in schools, focused on primary prevention.