New study explores dating violence experience and perpetration of college-age women
Dating violence - physical, sexual, psychological or emotional within a relationship, including stalking - is pervasive on college campuses with far-reaching health implications. One in five women experience a sexual assault in college and students living in sorority houses are three times more likely to experience rape. College students are vulnerable to dating violence because of the influence of their social and living environments.
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University s College of Education in collaboration with Sacred Heart University conducted a study to understand the dating violence experience and perpetration of college-age women, as well as how they conceptualize violence in dating relationships. They also wanted to learn more about the role of technology within their lived experiences, which infuses most areas of American life, especially in dating and romantic relationships. Mobi
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Fifty-seven percent of participants reported difficulty identifying what constitutes dating violence. While 100 percent said âphysically forcing you to have intercourseâ was violent, about 25 percent of participants found coercive sex or âemotionally pressuring you to have intercourse until you give in,â acceptable. (Photo by Alex Dolce)
Dating violence â physical, sexual, psychological or emotional within a relationship, including stalking â is pervasive on college campuses with far-reaching health implications. One in five women experience a sexual assault in college and students living in sorority houses are three times more likely to experience rape. College students are vulnerable to dating violence because of the influence of their social and living environments.
A study to understand the dating violence experience and perpetration of college-age women, as well as how they conceptualize violence in dating relationships,
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