Educational Intervention to Decrease Justification of Adolescent Dating Violence: A Comparative Quasi-Experimental Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. Educational Intervention
2.4. Primary Outcome
2.5. Data Collection Instruments
2.6. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Characteristics of the Participants
3.2. Pre-Intervention Levels of Violence Justification
3.3. Effectiveness of Educational Intervention about the Justification of Physical Violence
3.4. Effectiveness of Educational Intervention about the Justification of Psychological Violence
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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BOYS | DiD Estimate | Standard Error | t Value | Pr (>|t|) |
AADS dimensions (physical violence) | ||||
Female aggression | 0.597 | 0.560 | 1.694 | 0.188 |
Male aggression | 0.227 | 0.815 | 0.279 | 0.781 |
Peer aggression | −0.304 | 0.497 | −0.612 | 0.541 |
JVCT dimensions (psychological violence) | ||||
Female verbal aggression | −0.880 | 0.530 | −1.633 | 0.103 |
Female dominance tactics | −0.253 | 0.508 | −0.498 | 0.619 |
Female jealous tactics | −0.396 | 0.629 | −0.630 | 0.529 |
Male verbal aggression | −0.465 | 0.524 | −0.888 | 0.375 |
Male dominance tactics | −0.220 | 0.478 | −0.459 | 0.646 |
Male jealous tactics | −0.445 | 0.634 | −0.703 | 0.482 |
GIRLS | DiD Estimate | Standard Error | t Value | Pr (>|t|) |
AADS dimensions (physical violence) | ||||
Female aggression | 1.169 | 0.645 | 1.237 | 0.117 |
Male aggression | 0.043 | 0.729 | 0.059 | 0.953 |
Peer aggression | 0.808 | 0.456 | 1.770 | 0.077 |
JVCT dimensions (psychological violence) | ||||
Female verbal aggression | 0.750 | 0.5407 | 1.387 | 0.166 |
Female dominance tactics | 0.799 | 0.4471 | 1.786 | 0.075 |
Female jealous tactics | 0.838 | 0.6196 | 1.352 | 0.177 |
Male verbal aggression | 0.728 | 0.5476 | 1.330 | 0.184 |
Male dominance tactics | 0.670 | 0.4938 | 1.357 | 0.175 |
Male jealous tactics | 0.651 | 0.6322 | 1.030 | 0.304 |
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Galdo-Castiñeiras, J.A.; Hernández-Morante, J.J.; Morales-Moreno, I.; Echevarría-Pérez, P. Educational Intervention to Decrease Justification of Adolescent Dating Violence: A Comparative Quasi-Experimental Study. Healthcare 2023, 11, 1156. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11081156
Galdo-Castiñeiras JA, Hernández-Morante JJ, Morales-Moreno I, Echevarría-Pérez P. Educational Intervention to Decrease Justification of Adolescent Dating Violence: A Comparative Quasi-Experimental Study. Healthcare. 2023; 11(8):1156. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11081156
Chicago/Turabian StyleGaldo-Castiñeiras, Jesús Alberto, Juan José Hernández-Morante, Isabel Morales-Moreno, and Paloma Echevarría-Pérez. 2023. "Educational Intervention to Decrease Justification of Adolescent Dating Violence: A Comparative Quasi-Experimental Study" Healthcare 11, no. 8: 1156. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11081156