Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Violence Exerted, Received, and Perceived in Teen Dating Relationships

Cordelia Estevez-Casellas, Dolores Gómez-Medina Mª and Esther Sitges
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Cordelia Estevez-Casellas: CRÍMINA Center for the Study and Prevention of Delinquency, University Miguel Hernández, 03202 Elche, Spain
Dolores Gómez-Medina Mª: CRÍMINA Center for the Study and Prevention of Delinquency, University Miguel Hernández, 03202 Elche, Spain
Esther Sitges: CRÍMINA Center for the Study and Prevention of Delinquency, University Miguel Hernández, 03202 Elche, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 5, 1-14

Abstract: Emotional intelligence plays a critical role in adolescence since it involves a change towards psychological, social, and sexual maturity; a stage in which the foundations of intimate social relationships are established. Emotional competences regulate the quality of these relationships in adolescence and can provide protection against or facilitate the use of violence within them. Based on the above, this study aims to analyze the relationship between emotional intelligence and violence exercised, received, and perceived by adolescents in dating relationships. A sample of 254 subjects (43.1% men and 56.9% women) between 12 and 18 years old was analyzed through the Emotional Intelligence Questionnaires of BarOn ICE:NA and Violence Exercised Perceived and Received by Adolescents VERA. The results of the research have shown that there is a significant and inverse relation between the dimensions of emotional intelligence and the violence exercised by adolescents in their dating relationships, and a positive and significant relation between emotional intelligence and the perception of violent behavior. For this reason, the importance of educating people about emotional intelligence from childhood within both the academic and family sphere is highlighted. This is fundamental to preventing the appearance of such violent behaviors and promoting an adequate adaptation to the environment.

Keywords: dating relationships; violence; emotional intelligence; adolescence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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