%0 Journal Article 
%A Hernando Gómez, Angel
%A Montero Fernández, Delia
%A García Rojas, Antonio Daniel
%A Río Olvera, Francisco Javier del
%T Digital Violence in University Student Couples: England vs. Spain
%D 2024
%@ 1660-4601

%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/35897
%X This research studies the prevalence of digital violence exercised through new information
and communication technology (ICT) among university couples. A comparative study was carried
out in England, United Kingdom, and in Spain with 831 participants. A quantitative methodology was
applied with different sampling: in the United Kingdom, 303 (MAge = 22.79; SD; 47.32; 58.7% male)
and in Spain, 528 (MAge = 24.29; SD = 21.41; 69.5% female). An ad hoc questionnaire was used, created
for the detection, measurement and analysis of digital violence within affective-sexual relationships.
The results reveal proportions of 51.04% and 49.82% in the perception of digital violence through
electronic devices in dating relationships among young people; 15.84% and 11.05% in the prevalence
of digital violence in young couples’ relationships; 9.36% and 6.17% in the prevalence of traditional
violence; and 35.78% and 22.43% in the tolerance of digital violence among students, for the English
and Spanish samples, respectively. The results also show a slightly lower prevalence of digital
violence in the Spanish sample with respect to the English sample, where females scored slightly
higher in the perpetration of digital violence. There is a need to develop awareness, training and
prevention programs against digital violence in the university context.
%K digital violence
%K cyberstalking
%K university students
%K social networks
%K information and communication technology
%~ Universidad de Cádiz