Young adults’ perception of the frequency of violence in intimate partner relationships

Nasilje je široko rasprostranjena pojava. Društveni stavovi, načini odgoja i stavovi o rodnim ulogama su povezani s načinom percipiranja počinitelja i žrtava nasilja. Cilj ovog kvantitativnog istraživanja jest ispitati percepciju mladih o nasilju u partnerskim odnosima, gdje su se tražile percepcije različitih vrsta nasilja u partnerskim odnosima s obzirom na spol počinitelja, kao i povezanost između odgojnih stilova roditelja sudionika i njihove percepcije nasilja među partnerima u adolescentskim vezama. Istraživanje se provodilo s mladim odraslim osobama (N = 163) putem web – upitnika. Rezultati su pokazali da postoji povezanost između autoritarnog odgojnog stila roditelja sudionika i percepcije učestalosti seksualnog nasilja nad ženama. Također, u ovom istraživanju rezultati su pokazali da sudionici i dalje percipiraju muškarce kao te koji češće čine nasilje u partnerskim odnosima, no da se percipira i da žene čine češće psihičko nasilje, a muškarci fizičko i seksualno nasilje u partnerskim odnosima.Violence is a widely spread phenomenon. Social values, types of upbringing and attitudes towards gender roles are linked to the perception of perpetrators and victims of violence. The aim of this quantitative research was to investigate how young people perceive intimate partner violence and to assess their perceptions of different kinds of intimate partner violence, taking into account the gender of the perpetrator, as well as the relationship between parenting styles of participants' parents and their perception of intimate partner violence. This research was conducted with young adults (N = 163) using an online questionnaire. Results showed that there is a correlation between authoritarian parenting style of participants’ parents and the perception of frequency of sexual violence against women. In addition, the results showed that it is still perceived that men are more frequent perpetrators of relationship violence, but that women are perceived as more frequent perpetrators of emotional violence and men of physical and sexual violence in intimate relationships