School of Nursing, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Hisp Health Care Int. 2021 Sep;19(3):146-154. doi: 10.1177/1540415320985588. Epub 2021 Jan 13.
The purpose of this study was to describe Puerto Rican adolescents' perspectives about an application "app" to prevent further injury from teen dating violence (TDV).
We conducted three semistructured focus group interviews.
Participants ( = 16) were 14-20 years old. Most (63%) were not currently in a relationship; three participants reported a history of TDV, and seven reported that they "did not know" whether they had ever experienced TDV. We identified four themes: (a) clarifying dating violence, (b) psychological abuse-the reality of TDV, (c) silence around dating violence, and (d) youth need a different tool. Adolescents thought that the app was beneficial for educating the user about dating violence behaviors. They also identified that the app should be modified to better suit adolescents, in part by, focusing more on psychological abuse and using other visuals to relay information rather than text. Adolescents also questioned the utility of the app as a bystander because TDV is often concealed and not discussed.
Puerto Rican adolescents in our study expressed the need for information that could be presented in a more concise and dynamic format and highlighted the cultural barriers of silence around issues of dating violence.
本研究旨在描述波多黎各青少年对一款预防青少年间恋爱暴力（TDV）的应用程序“app”的看法。
我们进行了三次半结构化焦点小组访谈。
参与者（n=16）年龄在 14 至 20 岁之间。大多数（63%）目前没有恋爱关系；三名参与者报告了恋爱暴力史，七名参与者表示他们“不知道”是否曾经历过恋爱暴力。我们确定了四个主题：（a）澄清恋爱暴力，（b）心理虐待——恋爱暴力的现实，（c）恋爱暴力的沉默，（d）青少年需要不同的工具。青少年认为该应用程序有助于教育用户了解恋爱暴力行为。他们还认为该应用程序应该进行修改，以更好地适应青少年，部分方法是更关注心理虐待，使用其他视觉效果来传达信息，而不是文字。青少年还质疑该应用程序作为旁观者的效用，因为恋爱暴力往往是隐蔽的，不被讨论。
我们的研究中的波多黎各青少年表示需要以更简洁和生动的格式呈现的信息，并强调了恋爱暴力问题沉默的文化障碍。
