Click Surveillance of Your Partner! Digital Violence among University Students in England

Delia Montero-Fernández, Angel Hernando-Gómez, Antonio Daniel García-Rojas () and Francisco Javier Del Río Olvera
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Delia Montero-Fernández: Department of Social, Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain
Angel Hernando-Gómez: Department of Social, Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain
Antonio Daniel García-Rojas: Department of Pedagogy, University of Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain
Francisco Javier Del Río Olvera: Department of Psychology, Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation of Cadiz (INiBICA), University of Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Spain

Social Sciences, 2023, vol. 12, issue 4, 1-14

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: digital violence; cyberstalking; university students; social networks; information and communication technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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