Violencia en el noviazgo y consumo de alcohol en jóvenes de Zacatecas

Abstract

A descriptive and correlational design was used with the objective of determining the prevalence of alcohol consumption and identifying the relationship that exists between alcohol consumption and dating violence in 327 adolescents from a high school in Zacatecas. A personal data card, the alcohol consumption prevalence questionnaire, and the Dating Violence Scale were used. A Crombach's Alpha .80 was obtained. Results: The largest proportion were male (51.1%). The average age was 17.7 years, 48.0% have a current dating relationship. Regarding alcohol consumption, the prevalence indicates that 80.4% have consumed it at some point in their life, 63.6% in the last year, 42.5% in the last month and 25.1% in the last 7 days. Regarding violence by sex, no significant differences were found (p>.05), men present higher averages of violence than women (Me=6.8 and Me= 6.06, respectively). For the main objective, a positive and significant relationship was found between alcohol consumption and violence in general (rs =154, p<.01). Likewise, a positive and significant relationship was found between consumption and Psychological, Physical and Sexual violence (p <.05). It is concluded that the greater the consumption of alcohol, the greater the violence in dating.