Attitudes about gender roles, beliefs about relationship quality and the experience of partner violence in young people's relationships

Nasilje u vezama mladih je učestao problem koji ostavlja mnogobrojne posljedice. Postoji mnogo različitih faktora koji na individualnoj i društvenoj razini mogu pridonijeti pojavi nasilja u vezi. Dosadašnjim istraživanjima je utvrđeno kako su stavovi o rodnim ulogama te pogrešna uvjerenja o kvaliteti veze značajan prediktor za pojavu nasilja u mladenačkim vezama. Cilj ovog istraživanja je ispitati povezanost između stavova o rodnim ulogama, pogrešnih uvjerenja o kvaliteti veze i iskustva partnerskog nasilja u vezama mladih. Osim ispitivanja povezanosti, cilj je i otkriti postoje li razlike između muškaraca i žena u stupnju prihvaćanja stavova o jednakosti rodnih uloga i stupnju prihvaćanja pogrešnih uvjerenja o kvaliteti veze. Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju kako postoji povezanost između višeg stupnja prihvaćanja stavova o jednakosti rodnih uloga i čestine nasilja u vezi. Oni studenti koji u većoj mjeri zagovaraju jednakost, rjeđe čine i doživljavaju nasilje. Također, utvrđena je i povezanost između većeg stupnja prihvaćanja pogrešnih uvjerenja o kvaliteti veze i čestine nasilja. Drugim riječima, oni sudionici koji imaju više pogrešnih uvjerenja o tome što čini kvalitetnu vezu, više se služe nasilnim ponašanjima u partnerskoj vezi. Osim toga, rezultati pokazuju kako postoji spolna razlika u stavovima o jednakosti rodnih uloga i u prihvaćanju pogrešnih uvjerenja koja ide u prilog studenticama. Studentice u prosjeku imaju egalitarnije stavove od studenata te u manjoj mjeri prihvaćaju pogrešna uvjerenja o kvaliteti veze. Premda su stavovi sudionika pokazali kako postoji određen pomak u društvu prema egalitarnosti rodnih uloga, u nekim se segmentima i dalje može pronaći zagovaranje tradicionalnih rodnih uloga koji uglavnom ženski rod čine podređenim. Iz tog je razloga važno nastaviti se baviti ovom problematikom te ju podrobnije istraživati.Dating violence is a frequent problem that leaves numerous consequences. There are many different factors on an individual and societal level that can contribute to the occurrence of violence in a relationship Previous research has established that attitudes toward gender roles and wrong beliefs about the quality of a relationship are significant predictors for the occurrence of violence in youth relationships. The aim of this research is to examine the correlation between attitudes toward gender roles, wrong beliefs about the quality of the relationship and the experience of partner violence in young people's relationships. In addition the goal is also to find out whether there are differences between men and women in the level of acceptance of attitudes toward the equality of gender roles and the level of acceptance of wrong beliefs about the quality of the relationship. The results of the research show that there is a correlation between a higher level of acceptance of attitudes toward the equality of gender roles and the frequency of violence in a relationship. Those students who advocate equality to a greater extent, commit and experience violence less often. Furthermore, a correlation between a higher level of acceptance of wrong beliefs about the quality of the relationship and the frequency of violence was established. In other words, those participants who have more erroneous beliefs about what constitutes a quality relationship are more likely to engage in partner violence. In addition, the results show that there is a gender difference in attitudes toward the equality of gender roles and in the acceptance of wrong beliefs that favor female students. Female students, on average, have more egalitarian attitudes than male students, and to a lesser extent they accept wrong beliefs about the quality of the relationship. Although the attitudes of the participants showed that there is a certain shift in society towards egalitarian gender roles, in some segments it is still possible to find the advocacy of traditional gender roles which mainly make the female gender subordinate. For this reason, it is important to continue to deal with this issue and research it in more detail