The Role of School Social Support and School Social Climate in Dating Violence Victimization Prevention among Adolescents in Europe

Barbara Jankowiak, Sylwia Jaskulska, Belén Sanz-Barbero, Alba Ayala, Jacek Pyżalski, Nicola Bowes, Karen De Claire, Sofia Neves, Joana Topa, Carmen Rodríguez-Blázquez, María Carmen Davó-Blanes, Nicoletta Rosati, María Cinque, Veronica Mocanu, Beatrice Ioan, Iwona Chmura-Rutkowska, Katarzyna Waszyńska and Carmen Vives-Cases
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Barbara Jankowiak: Faculty of Educational Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-712 Poznan, Poland
Sylwia Jaskulska: Faculty of Educational Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-712 Poznan, Poland
Belén Sanz-Barbero: National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, 28029 Madrid, Spain
Alba Ayala: University Institute on Gender Studies, University Carlos III of Madrid & Research Network on Health Services for Chronic Diseases (REDISSEC), 28903 Madrid, Spain
Jacek Pyżalski: Faculty of Educational Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-712 Poznan, Poland
Nicola Bowes: Department of Applied Psychology, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff CF52YB, UK
Karen De Claire: Department of Applied Psychology, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff CF52YB, UK
Sofia Neves: Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Institute University of Maia, 4475-690 Maia, Portugal
Joana Topa: Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Institute University of Maia, 4475-690 Maia, Portugal
Carmen Rodríguez-Blázquez: National Centre of Epidemiology and CIBERNED, Carlos III Institute of Health, 28029 Madrid, Spain
María Carmen Davó-Blanes: Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and History of Science, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Nicoletta Rosati: Department of Human Sciences, LUMSA University, 00193 Roma, Italy
María Cinque: Department of Human Sciences, LUMSA University, 00193 Roma, Italy
Veronica Mocanu: Faculty of Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania
Beatrice Ioan: Faculty of Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania
Iwona Chmura-Rutkowska: Faculty of Educational Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-712 Poznan, Poland
Katarzyna Waszyńska: Faculty of Educational Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-712 Poznan, Poland
Carmen Vives-Cases: CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 23, 1-13

Abstract: The aim of the article is to show the role of school social support and school social climate in dating violence victimization prevention among adolescents in Europe. Study participants were students from secondary schools (age 13–16) in Spain, Italy, Romania, Portugal, Poland and UK. The analysis in this text concern student with dating experience ( n = 993) (57.2% of girls and 66.5% of boys). School social support was measured by School Social Climate, Factor 1 Scale (CECSCE) and by Student Social Support Scale (CASSS), subscales teachers and classmates. The association between school social support and different types of dating victimization (physical and/or sexual dating violence, control dating violence and fear) was measured by calculating the prevalence ratios and their 95% confidence intervals, estimated by Poisson regression models with robust variance. All the models were adjusted by country and by sociodemographic variables. The results show that the average values of all types of social support are significantly lower in young people who have suffered any type of dating violence or were scared of their partner. The likelihood of suffering physical and/or sexual dating violence decreased when school social support increased [PR (CI 95%): 0.96 (0.92; 0.99)]. In the same way, the likelihood of fear decreased when school social climate increased [PR (CI 95%): 0.98 (0.96; 0.99)].There is an association between school social support and school social climate and experiences of being victim of dating violence among adolescents in Europe. Our results suggest that in the prevention of dating violence building a supportive climate at schools and building/using the support of peers and teachers is important.

Keywords: adolescents; dating violence; school social climate; school social support (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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