Relación entre el estrés, la violencia de pareja y la satisfacción diádica en una muestra de personas adultas jóvenes en Puerto Rico

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Many young adults experience high levels of stress and are exposed to risky behaviors such as drug and alcohol use, and unprotected sex. OBJECTIVE: To understand the relationship between stress, intimate partner violence, and dyadic satisfaction in a sample of low-income young adults. METHOD: We conducted a descriptive-correlational study through the internet, using a survey design. A total of 236 people participated, the majority being women (81.4%) between the ages of 18-30. RESULTS: We found a negative, although not significant, relationship between stress and dyadic satisfaction (rτ = -. 06, p> .05), a positive and significant relationship between stress and partner violence (rτ = .19, p .05), una relación positiva y significativa entre el estrés y la violencia de pareja (rτ =.19, p < .001), y una relación negativa y significativa entre la violencia de pareja y la satisfacción diádica (rτ = -.21,.05), uma relação positiva e significativa entre estresse e violência conjugal (rτ = .19, p