Attitudes towards gender roles and psychological violence in family and partner relationships

Stavovi prema rodnim ulogama odnose se na vjerovanja koja ljudi imaju o primjerenim ulogama i obvezama žena i muškaraca. Psihičko nasilje u obitelji odnosi se na nanošenje psihičke i emocionalne boli te ugrožavanje djetetovog mentalnog zdravlja, razvoja i dostojanstva. Psihičko nasilje u vezi se najčešće javlja kao verbalna agresija koja uključuje prijetnje, vrijeđanje, ismijavanje i ponižavanje, kontroliranje partnera, ucjenjivanje i manipuliranje, a obuhvaća i postupke zbog kojih žrtva misli loše o sebi i osjeća se krivom za svoje postupke ili mišljenja. Cilj je ovog rada bio ispitati povezanost stavova prema rodnim ulogama i iskustava s psihičkim nasiljem u obitelji i partnerskim vezama. Istraživanje se provodilo objavljivanjem ankete u Facebook grupama te je u njemu sudjelovalo 212 mladih osoba od 18 do 30 godina koje su anonimno ispunjavale on-line upitnik. Rezultati su pokazali da postoji statistički značajna negativna povezanost između stavova prema rodnim ulogama i činjenja i doživljavanja psihičkog nasilja u vezi, gdje osobe koje imaju egalitarnije stavove manje i čine i doživljavaju psihičko nasilje u vezi. Također je dobivena statistički značajna povezanost doživljenog psihičkog nasilja u obitelji s činjenjem i doživljavanjem psihičkog nasilja u partnerskim vezama, na način da su osobe koje su češće doživljavale psihičko nasilje u obitelji češće činile i doživljavale psihičko nasilje u partnerskim vezama. Nadalje, rezultati su pokazali i pozitivnu povezanost između učestalosti počinjenog i doživljenog psihičkog nasilja, povezanost dobi sudionika i činjenja psihičkog nasilja, povezanost dobi partnera sudionika s činjenjem psihičkog nasilja u vezi, povezanost trajanja veze s činjenjem nasilja u vezi te povezanost dobi partnera sa stavovima o rodnim ulogama.Attitudes towards gender roles refer to the beliefs people have about the appropriate roles and responsibilities of women and men. Psychological violence in the family refers to causing psychological and emotional pain and endangering the child's mental health, development and dignity. Psychological dating violence is most commonly reported as verbal aggression that involves threats, insults, ridicule and humiliation, controlling a partner, blackmailing and manipulating, and includes actions that make the victim feel bad about themselves and feel guilty about their actions or opinions. The aim of this research was to examine the relationship between gender roles and experiences with psychological violence in the family and partner relationships. The study was conducted by posting a survey in Facebook groups and 212 young people between the age of 18 and 30 filled out the anonymous online questionnaire. The results showed that there is a statistically significant negative correlation between attitudes towards gender roles and perpetrating and experiencing psychological violence in a relationship, where persons with more egalitarian attitudes are less likely to perpetrate and experience psychological violence in a relationship. There was also a statistically significant correlation between experiencing psychological violence in the family with the act and experiencing of psychological violence in partner relationships, in such a way that people who experienced psychological violence in the family more often perpetrated and experienced psychological violence in partner relationships more. Furthermore, the results showed a positive correlation between the frequency of perpetrated and experienced psychological violence, the association between the age of the participant and the perpetration of psychological violence, the association between the partner’s age with the act of psychological violence, the relationship between the duration of the relationship with the perpetration of violence and between the partner's age and attitudes about gender roles