Physical Abuse in a College Setting: A Study of Perceptions and Participation in Abusive Dating Relationships |
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Authors: | Laura M Miller |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Health and Physical Education, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA 16444, USA |
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Abstract: | This study explored the relationships between college students’ self-identification as recipients and/or perpetrators of abuse
in their dating relationships and abusive behaviors reported. A cross-sectional examination of 1,530 undergraduate students
was conducted. Results indicated that one in four college students were involved in a physically abusive dating relationship
(involving at least two acts of physically violent behavior), and that over 85% of them failed to self-identify as ever having
received and/or perpetrated any act of physical abuse. College students involved in abusive dating relationships were more
likely than those not in abusive dating relationships to be in a relationship of a longer duration, to have been in a previous
abusive dating relationship, and to be more accepting, in general, of physical abuse as a means of conflict resolution. |
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