Dating Violence among Undergraduate Medical Students at a Public University in Mexico City: An Exploratory Study
| Autor: | Claudia Díaz Olavarrieta, Antonio Rafael Villa, Benjamin Guerrero López, Ingrid Vargas Huicochea, Sandra García-Medina, Monica Aburto Arciniega, María Alonso Catalán, Germán E. Fajardo Dolci, Ma. Elena Medina-Mora Icaza |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 20 Issue 4 Pages: 3104 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph20043104 |
| Popis: | Gender-based violence (GBV) and cyber-aggression are growing problems in Mexico, but there is a dearth of information on their associated risks. We aimed to determine the prevalence of dating violence (DV) and cyber-aggression in a public campus and compared students’ acceptability of abusive DV based on their sex and sexual orientation. We employed a cross-sectional design to survey 964 first-year medical students attending a public university. We analyzed who found “acceptable” abusive behaviors from a dating partner and carried out descriptive analyses of sample characteristics by sex. We included 633 women and 331 men. Homosexual and bisexual orientation was lower among women (1.5%, 4.8%) vs. men (16.9%, 7.2%). Of women and men, respectively, 64.2% and 35.8% reported having been in a dating relationship. Experiencing abusive behaviors in the year prior to the study was associated with students’ level of “acceptability”. A total of 43.5% of the students who experienced cyber-aggression did not report any mental health consequences, 32.6% did not seek professional help, and 17.4% reported feeling depressed. Students that accepted emotionally abusive DV behaviors displayed a fourfold risk of experiencing physical abuse. Women and sexual minorities are more at risk of experiencing GBV and DV. More male students reported being victims of cyber-aggression. |
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