Dating Violence Among College Students In Usable Space

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“Sugar dating” among college students in the United States. Nama O’Donnell. B.A. Candidate, Department of Psychology, California State University Stanislaus, 1 University Circle, Turlock, CA 95382. Received 30 April, 2018; accepted 15 May 2018.

Dating Violence Among College Students In Usa Statistics

This study used a modified version of the Conflict Tactic Scale (Straus, 1990) to measure the expression of verbal and physical aggression among 572 college students (395 females and 177 males) involved in dating relationships over the previous year. Results indicated that 82% (n = 465) of the total sample reported having engaged in verbally aggressive behavior with a dating partner over the past year, whereas 21% (n = 116) admitted to acting in a physically aggressive manner over the same interval. No significant gender-based difference was found for verbal aggression scores; however, females were significantly more likely to report using physical force than were male students. Male and female students who used verbal aggression were characteristically similar to each. Both had experienced aggression from a parent as children and had drunk alcohol within 3 hours (before or after) an argument with a dating partner. Male and female students who admitted using physical force were dissimilar except that both had experienced parent-child aggression. For male students, having witnessed conjugal violence and their general drinking patterns were also significantly related to their using physical force, whereas for females, the use of physical force was associated with drinking alcohol within 3 hours of an argument with a dating partner.

The statistics demonstrate that intimate partner and dating violence on campuses is a real issue.” According to Jiao, Sun, Farmer, and Lin (2016), it is most important to focus on how IPV is defined among college students so that research can generate specific implications for. Assessing the overlap in dating violence perpetration and victimization among South Korean college students: The influence of social learning and self-control. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 36, 188 – 206. Sadly, the statistics from college campuses are worse. 43% of dating college women reported experiencing violent or abusive behaviors from their partner. Over 13% of college women report they have been stalked, and of those cases, 42% were stalked by a boyfriend or ex-boyfriend. 1 in 5 women are sexually assaulted during their college tenure.

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