%0 Journal Article 
%A Montero-Fernández, Delia
%A Hernando-Gómez, Angel
%A García-Rojas, Antonio Daniel
%A Río Olvera, Francisco Javier del
%T Click Surveillance of Your Partner! Digital Violence among University Students in England
%D 2023
%@ 2076-0760
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32477
%X Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have given rise to new forms of
contact as well as new forms of violence. This research analyses whether ICTs are the cause of a new
form of digital violence and studies the prevalence of this digital violence exercised through screens
among university couples. A quantitative and qualitative methodology was applied in this study: a
non-probabilistic purposive or discretionary sample of 303 (Age = 22.79; SD = 47.32; 58.7% male), with
the use of an ad hoc questionnaire, and two focus groups of students studying in the same country.
The results reveal a prevalence of 51.04% in the perception of digital violence through electronic
devices in dating relationships among young people; 15.84% in the prevalence of digital violence
in young couples’ relationships; 9.36% in the prevalence of traditional violence; and 35.78% in the
tolerance of digital violence among young people. The results highlight a slightly higher prevalence
of women compared with men in digital violence. We conclude that there is a significant prevalence
of digital violence among these young couples in the university context, which should be the subject
of the creation of different awareness-raising, prevention and specific training programmes against it.
%K digital violence
%K cyberstalking; university students
%K social networks
%K information and communication technology
%~ Universidad de Cádiz