Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Jun;37(11-12):NP10362-NP10381. doi: 10.1177/0886260520986277. Epub 2021 Jan 16.
According to recent international studies, most of the adolescent victims of physical dating violence remain satisfied and committed toward their abusive relationship, giving way to long-term relationships in which the abuse tends to persist and increase in frequency and severity. The objective of this study is to contribute to the understanding of the stay/leave decision of the adolescent victims of physical dating violence. A structural equation model was estimated to explain the direct and indirect contribution of the level of satisfaction, commitment, justification of the aggression, relationship duration, psychological coercion toward commitment, and the consequences of the abuse on the victims' decision to continue in the abusive relationship. The sample was 456 Latinx adolescents aged between 12 and 18 years. The results corroborate that the decision to leave a physically abusive dating relationship is a complex phenomenon related to subjective variables such as (a) the level of satisfaction, (b) cognitive evaluation of the aggression (especially in those couples who have been together for a long time), and (c) the exposure to psychological pressures toward commitment. Future preventive strategies must incorporate actions to help the youngest to evaluate in a more objective and adequate way, the real quality of their first relationships, and aim to modify the justification of the aggression, the recognition of the potential harm, and to foster an adequate balance between the benefits and harm of staying in the abusive relationship.
根据最近的国际研究，大多数遭受身体约会暴力的青少年受害者仍然对他们的虐待关系感到满意和投入，导致长期关系中，虐待往往持续存在，并增加频率和严重程度。本研究的目的是帮助理解身体约会暴力青少年受害者的留/离决策。我们估计了一个结构方程模型，以解释满意度、承诺、对攻击的合理化、关系持续时间、对承诺的心理胁迫以及虐待对受害者继续虐待关系的决定的直接和间接贡献。样本为 456 名拉丁裔青少年，年龄在 12 至 18 岁之间。研究结果证实，离开身体虐待的约会关系是一个复杂的现象，与主观变量有关，例如(a)满意度水平，(b)对攻击的认知评估（特别是在那些在一起时间较长的情侣中），以及(c)对承诺的心理压力的暴露。未来的预防策略必须采取行动，帮助年轻人更客观和适当地评估他们的第一份关系的真实质量，并旨在修改对攻击的合理化、认识潜在的伤害，并促进在留在虐待关系中的好处和伤害之间取得适当的平衡。
