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Myth Acceptance Regarding Male-To-Female Intimate Partner Violence amongst Spanish Adolescents and Emerging Adults

(1) Background: General beliefs and attitudes toward Male-to-Female Intimate Partner Violence (MFIPV) play a fundamental, critical role in the expression of violent behaviors in relationships during both adolescence and adulthood. The objective of the present study was to contrast the degree of myth...

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Autores principales: Del Moral, Gonzalo, Franco, Cosette, Cenizo, Manuel, Canestrari, Carla, Suárez-Relinque, Cristian, Muzi, Morena, Fermani, Alessandra
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7663551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33158154
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218145
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author Del Moral, Gonzalo
Franco, Cosette
Cenizo, Manuel
Canestrari, Carla
Suárez-Relinque, Cristian
Muzi, Morena
Fermani, Alessandra
author_facet Del Moral, Gonzalo
Franco, Cosette
Cenizo, Manuel
Canestrari, Carla
Suárez-Relinque, Cristian
Muzi, Morena
Fermani, Alessandra
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description (1) Background: General beliefs and attitudes toward Male-to-Female Intimate Partner Violence (MFIPV) play a fundamental, critical role in the expression of violent behaviors in relationships during both adolescence and adulthood. The objective of the present study was to contrast the degree of myth acceptance regarding MFIPV, based on the sex and age of Spanish teenagers and emerging adults. (2) Methods: A sample of 1580 participants aged between 15 and 24 took part in the study. The subjects were enrolled in 34 secondary schools and two university centers spread across Seville (Spain). A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was carried out for the data analysis. (3) Results: Overall, males had a higher level of myth acceptance than females in all the dimensions considered in the study. In the case of significantly high levels of myth acceptance, males quintupled females. The research dimension that revealed the greatest differences was romantic love. Regarding age, a degree of stability was observed in the age period of 15–17 years and 18–20 years, but this subsequently decreased for the age range of 21–24 years. (4) Conclusions: Efforts should be focused on promoting actions to challenge male mandates and narratives concerning romantic or true love.
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spelling pubmed-76635512020-11-14 Myth Acceptance Regarding Male-To-Female Intimate Partner Violence amongst Spanish Adolescents and Emerging Adults Del Moral, Gonzalo Franco, Cosette Cenizo, Manuel Canestrari, Carla Suárez-Relinque, Cristian Muzi, Morena Fermani, Alessandra Int J Environ Res Public Health Article (1) Background: General beliefs and attitudes toward Male-to-Female Intimate Partner Violence (MFIPV) play a fundamental, critical role in the expression of violent behaviors in relationships during both adolescence and adulthood. The objective of the present study was to contrast the degree of myth acceptance regarding MFIPV, based on the sex and age of Spanish teenagers and emerging adults. (2) Methods: A sample of 1580 participants aged between 15 and 24 took part in the study. The subjects were enrolled in 34 secondary schools and two university centers spread across Seville (Spain). A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was carried out for the data analysis. (3) Results: Overall, males had a higher level of myth acceptance than females in all the dimensions considered in the study. In the case of significantly high levels of myth acceptance, males quintupled females. The research dimension that revealed the greatest differences was romantic love. Regarding age, a degree of stability was observed in the age period of 15–17 years and 18–20 years, but this subsequently decreased for the age range of 21–24 years. (4) Conclusions: Efforts should be focused on promoting actions to challenge male mandates and narratives concerning romantic or true love. MDPI 2020-11-04 2020-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7663551/ /pubmed/33158154 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218145 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Myth Acceptance Regarding Male-To-Female Intimate Partner Violence amongst Spanish Adolescents and Emerging Adults
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title_short Myth Acceptance Regarding Male-To-Female Intimate Partner Violence amongst Spanish Adolescents and Emerging Adults
title_sort myth acceptance regarding male-to-female intimate partner violence amongst spanish adolescents and emerging adults
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7663551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33158154
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218145
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