DATING VIOLENCE AND FAMILY FUNCTIONALITY: A VIEW FROM VICTIMIZATION AND PERPETRATION

Abstract

Introduction: Violence in dating relationships is considered a problem of great impact on society and inadequate family functioning can make its members vulnerable, thus turning them into victims or perpetrators. Objective: To relate dating violence and family functioning in university students, from victimization and perpetration. Methods: A study with a quantitative approach, non-experimental design, correlational and cross-sectional scope, 47 nursing students participated, using the following instruments: perpetration and victimization in courtship and family Apgar, both of which are valid and reliable. Results: 72.3% were between 18 and 22 years of age, 62.1% were women, 19.1% belonged to the third cycle of studies, 78.6% lived in the urban area, and 76.6% belonged to nuclear families. With respect to dating violence, the dimension that shows the highest percentage of victimization was coercion with 51.1% in the alternative "sometimes"; while from perpetration, 48% in detachment, was the dimension preferred in the alternative "sometimes".  Conclusions: There is no significant relationship between the dynamics of victimization and perpetration of dating violence and family functionality in students.Introduction: Violence in dating relationships is considered a problem of great impact on society and inadequate family functioning can make its members vulnerable, thus turning them into victims or perpetrators. Objective: To relate dating violence and family functioning in university students, from victimization and perpetration. Methods: A study with a quantitative approach, non-experimental design, correlational and cross-sectional scope, 47 nursing students participated, using the following instruments: perpetration and victimization in courtship and family Apgar, both of which are valid and reliable. Results: 72.3% were between 18 and 22 years of age, 62.1% were women, 19.1% belonged to the third cycle of studies, 78.6% lived in the urban area, and 76.6% belonged to nuclear families. With respect to dating violence, the dimension that shows the highest percentage of victimization was coercion with 51.1% in the alternative "sometimes"; while from perpetration, 48% in detachment, was the dimension preferred in the alternative "sometimes".  Conclusions: There is no significant relationship between the dynamics of victimization and perpetration of dating violence and family functionality in students.