Dating Violence: Idealization of Love and Romantic Myths in Spanish Adolescents
Dating violence is a significant problem among adolescents. It encompasses a variety of violent behavior, from verbal abuse to physical and sexual abuse, from threats to rape and murder. Among young people, idealization of love and romantic myths are very common as a consequence of our culture and s...
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doaj-f1f62ace89114b358db546181f6156a82021-06-01T00:11:36ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1661-78271660-46012021-05-01185296529610.3390/ijerph18105296Dating Violence: Idealization of Love and Romantic Myths in Spanish AdolescentsAdelina Martín-Salvador0Karima Saddiki-Mimoun1María Ángeles Pérez-Morente2María Adelaida Álvarez-Serrano3María Gázquez-López4Encarnación Martínez-García5Elisabet Fernández-Gómez6Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, 52005 Melilla, SpainHospital Comarcal de Melilla, 52007 Melilla, SpainDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, SpainDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, 51001 Ceuta, SpainDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, 51001 Ceuta, SpainDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, 18016 Granada, SpainDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, 52005 Melilla, SpainDating violence is a significant problem among adolescents. It encompasses a variety of violent behavior, from verbal abuse to physical and sexual abuse, from threats to rape and murder. Among young people, idealization of love and romantic myths are very common as a consequence of our culture and society, which lead them to develop dysfunctional relationships that somehow favor and facilitate partner violence and sexist ideas in daily life. Education is the basic tool to eradicate discrimination and violence against women. The objective of this study is to explore the false myths of romantic love in adolescents and their related factors. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 16–19-year-old teenagers (<i>n</i> = 180), through questionnaires and by employing the romantic love myths scale, the ambivalent sexism inventory, and the love attitudes scale. Adolescents accepted to a greater degree the love myths associated with idealization than those related to abuse with scale values of Med = 2.72, SD = 0.55, and Med = 1.34, SD = 0.68, respectively. Designed models predict love idealization on the basis of benevolent sexism (β = 0.03; CI 95% = 0.021–0.039), religion (β = 0.198; CI 95% = 0.047–0.349), passionate love (β = 0.038; CI 95% = 0.015–0.061), practical love (β = 0.024; CI 95% = 0.001–0.047), and friendly love (β = 0.036; CI 95% = 0.014–0.058). Hostile sexism and undergraduate studies were associated with the myths that relate love and abuse (β = 0.19; CI 95% = 0.007–0.031, β = 0.208; CI 95% = 0.001–0.414, respectively).https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/10/5296gender studiesdating violence against womenadolescentsromantic love myths |
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Adelina Martín-Salvador Karima Saddiki-Mimoun María Ángeles Pérez-Morente María Adelaida Álvarez-Serrano María Gázquez-López Encarnación Martínez-García Elisabet Fernández-Gómez |
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Adelina Martín-Salvador Karima Saddiki-Mimoun María Ángeles Pérez-Morente María Adelaida Álvarez-Serrano María Gázquez-López Encarnación Martínez-García Elisabet Fernández-Gómez Dating Violence: Idealization of Love and Romantic Myths in Spanish Adolescents International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health gender studies dating violence against women adolescents romantic love myths |
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Adelina Martín-Salvador Karima Saddiki-Mimoun María Ángeles Pérez-Morente María Adelaida Álvarez-Serrano María Gázquez-López Encarnación Martínez-García Elisabet Fernández-Gómez |
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Dating Violence: Idealization of Love and Romantic Myths in Spanish Adolescents |
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Dating Violence: Idealization of Love and Romantic Myths in Spanish Adolescents |
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Dating Violence: Idealization of Love and Romantic Myths in Spanish Adolescents |
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Dating Violence: Idealization of Love and Romantic Myths in Spanish Adolescents |
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Dating Violence: Idealization of Love and Romantic Myths in Spanish Adolescents |
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dating violence: idealization of love and romantic myths in spanish adolescents |
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Dating violence is a significant problem among adolescents. It encompasses a variety of violent behavior, from verbal abuse to physical and sexual abuse, from threats to rape and murder. Among young people, idealization of love and romantic myths are very common as a consequence of our culture and society, which lead them to develop dysfunctional relationships that somehow favor and facilitate partner violence and sexist ideas in daily life. Education is the basic tool to eradicate discrimination and violence against women. The objective of this study is to explore the false myths of romantic love in adolescents and their related factors. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 16–19-year-old teenagers (<i>n</i> = 180), through questionnaires and by employing the romantic love myths scale, the ambivalent sexism inventory, and the love attitudes scale. Adolescents accepted to a greater degree the love myths associated with idealization than those related to abuse with scale values of Med = 2.72, SD = 0.55, and Med = 1.34, SD = 0.68, respectively. Designed models predict love idealization on the basis of benevolent sexism (β = 0.03; CI 95% = 0.021–0.039), religion (β = 0.198; CI 95% = 0.047–0.349), passionate love (β = 0.038; CI 95% = 0.015–0.061), practical love (β = 0.024; CI 95% = 0.001–0.047), and friendly love (β = 0.036; CI 95% = 0.014–0.058). Hostile sexism and undergraduate studies were associated with the myths that relate love and abuse (β = 0.19; CI 95% = 0.007–0.031, β = 0.208; CI 95% = 0.001–0.414, respectively). |
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