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A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology, University of Regina. 26 p. Background: Digital dating abuse (DDA) is a form of intimate partner violence facilitated through technology that has high prevalence rates, especially among young adults. Purpose: The current study sought to examine: (1) how harmful university students perceive different DDA behaviors to be; (2) how perceived levels of harm differ across demographic variables; and (3) if the data can increase the consensus on which behaviors should be considered DDA. Method: 354 university student participants took a survey that asked: (1) how harmful they believed 16 different DDA behaviours to be, from 0 (not at all harmful) to 4 (extremely harmful); and (2) if they had ever perpetrated or been victimized by each of the behaviours. Results: On average, participants rated DDA behaviours as very or extremely harmful, M = 3.27. Women and gender diverse individuals rated three of the behaviours as significantly more harmful than men, and were victimized by those behaviours more than men. The majority of participants rated a monitoring behaviour as somewhat harmful or lower. Discussion: This study suggests a general awareness of the harms of DDA among university students. The data also provides evidence that gender may impact both victimization and perception of harm, and that certain monitoring behaviours may not constitute DDA. While characteristics of the sample and setting might limit generalizability, this study advances understanding of perceptions of DDA among Canadian university students. Student no |
