Cyber dating violence: Prevalence and correlates among high school students from small urban areas in Quebec

Smith, Kévin; Cénat, Jude Mary; Lapierre, Andréanne; Dion, Jacinthe; Hébert, Martine; Côté, Karine

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2018.02.043

Cited by 83 publications

(86 citation statements)

References 15 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…High indicators of ODA are also found in the present study, in accordance with other Portuguese, e.g., [ 31 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 41 ] and international [ 24 , 34 ] studies on this subject. Control ODA and verbal–emotional ODA were the most reported abusive typologies, either in terms of perpetration (20.8 and 20.2%, respectively) or in terms of victimization (31.8 and 27.7%, respectively), also corroborating the results of other international, e.g., [ 29 , 53 , 56 , 57 ] and Portuguese, e.g., [ 31 , 37 , 41 ] studies. Nonetheless, the preponderance of these types of psychological or control forms of abuse are of concern and should not be considered a devaluation of the problem of dating violence context.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

Cyber and Offline Dating Abuse in a Portuguese Sample: Prevalence and Context of Abuse

Caridade

Sousa

Dinis

2020

Behavioral Sciences

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The increasing use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and networking has promoted the occurrence of different forms of victimization, specifically in terms of interpersonal interaction (e.g., cyberbullying or online risk-taking behaviour), which also includes cyber dating abuse (CDA). Some studies report that CDA is an extension of offline dating abuse (ODA). Because Portuguese studies in this area are scarce, this study aims to bridge this knowledge gap, seeking to investigate the extent and the context of CDA occurrence, and the relationship between CDA and all forms of ODA, i.e., physical, verbal–emotional and control. A convenience sample of 173 Portuguese adolescents and young adults was studied. This sample is mostly female (86.7%), has a mean (M) age of 25.36 years old and a standard deviation (SD) of 6.88 years of age. The results show that CDA and ODA among the Portuguese are very prevalent and related. Control (31.8 vs. 20.8%) and verbal–emotional ODA (26.7 vs. 20.2%) as well as control CDA (38.2 vs. 43.4%) were the most prevalent forms of abuse, either in terms of victimization or in terms of perpetration. The results also showed that CDA usually appears in a context of jealousy, also explaining control CDA and CDA direct aggression. A significant relationship between control CDA and CDA direct aggression and physical, verbal–emotional and control ODA was found. Experiencing control and verbal–emotional ODA are the main risk factors of control CDA victimization. This study allows to lay the groundwork for further research on dating victimization and perpetration through ICT, and has important practical implications at the level of Portuguese prevention strategies and intervention policies, thus emphasizing the role of the official authorities and the law itself.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

Cyber and Offline Dating Abuse in a Portuguese Sample: Prevalence and Context of Abuse

Caridade

Sousa

Dinis

2020

Behavioral Sciences

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Cyber dating violence is a growing problem among adolescents [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Their frequent use of the communication technologies in their romantic relationships increases the possibility of expressing affection to their partners and being linked to them [9,10].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is estimated that between 12% and 56% of adolescents have experienced cyber dating violence victimization [16]. This form of dating violence (DV) is defined as the control, harassment, threats, stalking and abuse of current or former dating partners via technology and social media [4,5,[17][18][19]. Cyber DV includes both behaviors that involve harming victims through direct attacks, e.g., threats, insults or disseminating private information, namely cyber-aggression, and forms of abusive control of victims to monitor their social relationships and what they are doing at any time, namely cyber-control [1,11,18,20,21].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cyber DV victimization is considered qualitatively different from victimization via offline dating violence because victims of such violence can be constantly attacked and feel unable to escape the situation [4,5,7,8,12]. Easy access to victims, lack of geographical boundaries and the rapid dissemination of victims' denigrating or humiliating information are characteristics of this type of violence that make victims feel increasingly helpless, which negatively impacts their well-being [4,[6][7][8]11,13,[24][25][26].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Information and communication technologies (ICTs) allow prejudicial information and images about victims to quickly spread to a very large audience, constant monitoring of their activity on social networks, and contact with them anytime and from anywhere [14,19,27]. Cyber DV victimization is associated with anxiety, psychological distress, depressive symptomatology and low self-esteem in adolescents [5][6][7]14,19]. As online aggressions toward victims can be constant and humiliating online information cannot be eliminated, cyber DV victimization has been suggested to have a more negative impact on victims than offline DV victimization [14,19].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Relations among Romantic Myths, Offline Dating Violence Victimization and Cyber Dating Violence Victimization in Adolescents

Cava

Buelga

Carrascosa

et al. 2020

IJERPH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Cyber dating violence is an increasing problem with serious negative consequences for adolescents. Further knowledge about related variables is necessary to develop preventive strategies. The aim of this study was to analyze the correlations among cyber dating violence victimization (cyber-control and cyber-aggression), offline dating violence victimization (physical, verbal-emotional, and relational) and adolescents' beliefs in myths of romantic love; and to examine possible differences in cyber-control victimization, cyber-aggression victimization and offline dating violence victimization (relational, physical and verbal-emotional) according to adolescents' levels of belief (low vs. high) in myths of romantic love. The role of offline dating violence victimization (physical, verbal-emotional and relational) and romantic myths as predictor variables of cyber-control and cyber-aggression victimization was also explored. All these analyses were carried out separately with boys and girls. Of an initial sample of 919 adolescents, those who have had a dating relationship in the past year (492 adolescents, M = 15.10, SD = 1.59) were included. The regression analyses revealed that offline dating violence victimization and romantic myths were significant predictors of cyber-control and cyber-aggression victimization for both boys and girls, but explained variance was higher for girls. Verbal-emotional offline dating violence victimization was the main predictor of cyber-control victimization, and physical and relational offline dating violence victimizations were the main predictors of cyber-aggression victimization. These results can be useful for developing more effective offline and cyber dating violence prevention programs.

show abstract

Expanding Our Thinking About Intimate Partner Violence: Examinations of Partner Violence Using Non-Shelter Samples

Frieze

Newhill

Fusco

2020

Dynamics of Family and Intimate Partner Violence

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Cyber dating violence: Prevalence and correlates among high school students from small urban areas in Quebec

Cited by 83 publications

References 15 publications

Cyber and Offline Dating Abuse in a Portuguese Sample: Prevalence and Context of Abuse

Cyber and Offline Dating Abuse in a Portuguese Sample: Prevalence and Context of Abuse

Relations among Romantic Myths, Offline Dating Violence Victimization and Cyber Dating Violence Victimization in Adolescents

Expanding Our Thinking About Intimate Partner Violence: Examinations of Partner Violence Using Non-Shelter Samples

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About