When Are Sexist Attitudes Risk Factors for Dating Aggression? The Role of Moral Disengagement in Spanish Adolescents

Jiménez, Virginia Sánchez; Muñoz-Fernández, Noelia

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“…Compared with the non-violent adolescents, the other groups showed lower self-esteem and displayed a greater justification of violence against women and in conflict resolution. (for similar data, see Sánchez-Jiménez and Muñoz-Fernández, 2021).…”

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Profiles and Risk Factors for Teen Dating Violence in Spain

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Jiménez

Lucas-Alba

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J Interpers Violence

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Teen dating violence (TDV) refers to a wide range of partner-directed harmful behaviors among adolescents. Since it was first documented in the 1980s, there is a growing interest in TDV due to its potentially devastating mid- and long-term consequences. Aiming at the early detection of TDV onset with prevention purposes, research has focused on the detection of typologies of perpetrators and/or victims as well as on identifying risk and protective factors for its occurrence. Research with Spanish adolescents, however, is very limited. To fill this gap, we recruited a total of 2,319 adolescents from different regions in Spain, out of which, 1,079 reported having had a romantic partner during the last year. These filled out measures of TDV (perpetration and victimization), school aggression, hostile and benevolent sexism, empathy, assertiveness, psychological inflexibility (general measures), and psychological inflexibility with prejudice thoughts. A cluster analysis revealed that adolescents could be divided into two clusters as a function of their TDV profile: Cluster 1, including close to 76% of the sample (boys and girls), presented low TDV perpetration and victimization; Cluster 2, including 24% of the sample (boys and girls), presented higher TDV perpetration and victimization. Regression analyses revealed that, as compared to those in Cluster 1, adolescents in Cluster 2 were more likely to be older boys who scored high in benevolent sexism, overt and relational school aggression, and personal distress, and low in behavior regulation skills, perspective taking, and practical personal ability. We discuss the implications of these findings for the design of evidence-based TDV prevention campaigns.

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Profiles and Risk Factors for Teen Dating Violence in Spain

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Jiménez

Lucas-Alba

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J Interpers Violence

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“…With regard to gender, we expected that boys considered public aggressions to be more frequent and less aggressive than girls (Lucero et al, 2014; Reed et al, 2017) (Hypothesis 4). Although no previous studies have been conducted on MD and cyber dating aggression associations, we expected to find significant associations following the studies conducted on face-to-face dating aggression (Rubio-Garay et al, 2019; Sánchez-Jiménez & Muñoz-Fernández, 2021). In other words, higher levels of MD will be related to a lower perception of aggressiveness (Hypothesis 5).…”

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Is This WhatsApp Conversation Aggressive? Adolescents’ Perception of Cyber Dating Aggression

Jiménez

Rodríguez-deArriba

Muñoz-Fernández

2021

J Interpers Violence

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This study investigated adolescents’ understanding of cyber dating aggression in terms of frequency and aggressiveness: how prevalent they perceived cyber dating aggression among adolescents and how aggressive they perceived such behaviors to be. To do so, different WhatsApp scenarios were presented to adolescents, controlling for the typology of cyber dating aggression (verbal/emotional, controlling, or sexual) and its publicity (public or private cyber dating aggression). The moderating effect of gender and moral disengagement (MD) was also analyzed. A total of 262 adolescents (56.5% girls; mean age of 14.46 years) participated in the study and answered a computer-based questionnaire. General linear models revealed that adolescents consider cyber dating aggression to be present in most adolescent romantic relationships. Controlling online behavior was perceived as the most frequent and the least aggressive behavior. Adolescents rated private cyber aggression as more frequent and less aggressive than public cyber aggressions. Controlling for gender, girls reported that cyber dating aggression was more common and more severe than boys. Moreover, participants with high levels of MD perceived cyber dating aggressions to be less aggressive than participants with medium-low MD. This study reveals the significance of the type of cyber dating aggression, the public/private dimension, gender, and MD as variables that influence adolescent understanding of cyber dating aggression. These results have implications not only for the design of cyber dating aggression prevention programs but also for future research on cyber dating aggression.

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“…We hypothesized that: (H1) online jealousy would be a strong predictor of online control among boys and girls (Branson & March, 2021; Deans & Bhogal, 2019); (H2) moral disengagement would be a strong moderator between online jealousy and online control among boys and girls. Based on previous findings regarding the moderating role of moral disengagement in the association between sexism and dating aggression (Sánchez-Jiménez & Muñoz-Fernández, 2021) and the influence of this cognitive component on the perception of online control (Sánchez-Jiménez et al, 2021), we expected higher levels of moral disengagement to strengthen the relationship between online jealousy and online control. (H3) socio-emotional competence would moderate the association between online jealousy and online control.…”

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“…The extant scientific literature presents conclusive evidence regarding the strong association between moral disengagement mechanisms and bullying (Romera et al, 2019) and cyberbullying (Lo Cricchio et al, 2021). The association between this cognitive process and dating violence has been less explored, and the results point to a moderate relationship between these two variables (Maftei & Dănilă, 2021; Rubio-Garay et al, 2019; Sánchez-Jiménez & Muñoz-Fernández, 2021). A recent study (Sánchez-Jiménez et al, 2021) found that adolescents with high levels of moral disengagement perceived online control as less aggressive than their counterparts with low levels.…”

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Does Online Jealousy Lead to Online Control in Dating Adolescents? The Moderation Role of Moral Disengagement and Socio-Emotional Competence

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The present study focuses on understanding the online aggression in adolescent couples from a gender-sensitive perspective. Specifically, the aims were: (1) to analyze the direct relationship between online jealousy and online control among adolescent boys and girls and (2) to explore the moderating role of moral disengagement and socio-emotional competence in the association between online jealousy and online control by gender. The sample comprised 1,160 high school students (52.7% girls) aged between 12 and 17 years ( M = 14.25, SD = 1.35). The study design was cross-sectional. The moderation analysis revealed that online jealousy was directly related to the perpetration of online control. Moral disengagement strengthened the relationship between online jealousy and online control among both boys and girls, while socio-emotional competence weakened it, but only among girls. The results are discussed considering the gender differences found and the practical implications for programs designed to promote healthy dating relationships.

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When Are Sexist Attitudes Risk Factors for Dating Aggression? The Role of Moral Disengagement in Spanish Adolescents

Cited by 19 publications

References 72 publications

Profiles and Risk Factors for Teen Dating Violence in Spain

Profiles and Risk Factors for Teen Dating Violence in Spain

Is This WhatsApp Conversation Aggressive? Adolescents’ Perception of Cyber Dating Aggression

Does Online Jealousy Lead to Online Control in Dating Adolescents? The Moderation Role of Moral Disengagement and Socio-Emotional Competence

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