Agresiones en el noviazgo de universitarios mexicanosuna análisis diádico

  1. José Luis Rojas-Solís
  2. José-Antonio Fuertes-Martín
  3. María Begoña Orgaz-Baz
Journal:
International Journal of Social Psychology, Revista de Psicología Social

ISSN: 0213-4748,  1579-3680

Year of publication: 2017

Volume: 32

Issue: 3

Pages: 580-596

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1080/02134748.2017.1352165 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

More publications in: International Journal of Social Psychology, Revista de Psicología Social

Abstract

This study analyses the frequency, perception, bidirectionality and degree of agreement in the occurrence of aggression committed and suffered in 100 heterosexual couples. The selection of the sample was non-probabilistic, with 100 Mexican male-and-female dyads (age range 18 to 25). We used a virtual questionnaire which evaluated the frequency of psychological, mild physical and sexual aggression committed and suffered by each member of the dyads. Psychological aggression was the most frequent, and no significant differences were found by sex except in sexual aggression committed by men. The women more often underestimated both the aggression they suffered from and that which they committed, primarily sexual aggression. Bidirectionality was found in all three kinds of aggression, and there was greater agreement between couples when the women were the aggressors than when the men were the perpetrators. More studies are needed on couple violence that include the perspective of both members of the dyad.

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investigación se ha realizado gracias a una beca del Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de México para estudios de doctorado concedida al primer autor.

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