Partner violence in the relationships of young Czech people

PhDr. Šárka Soudková Partner violence in the relationships of young Czech people Abstract: The dissertation thesis focuses on the area of partner violence experienced by young Czech people and its broad context. The introductive text examines how this issue is apprehended by the theoretical conceptions in general as well as how the empirical surveys dealt with it hitherto. Substantial part of the thesis describes the construction, transformation, validization of the scales measuring the incidence of violence in partnership. These scales were used in quantitative survey of representative sample of young people in the age from 15 to 29 years (N = 870). The part of thesis dedicated to the survey results presents the experiences of young Czechs with violence in their intimate relationships for the past 12 months and the prevalence of violence related to the present/past partner relationship. Another point of view on this issue brings the analysis of reciprocity of violence in the relationship. In the frame of analysis of broad context of partner violence is explored: the general opinion climate prevailing among young Czech people related to partnership, psycho-social features typical for people engaged in violent relationships, the family background these people are coming from, occurrence of violence in..