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According to recent international studies, most of the adolescent victims of physical dating violence remain satisfied and committed toward their abusive relationship, giving way to long-term relationships in which the abuse tends to persist and increase in frequency and severity. The objective of this study is to contribute to the understanding of the stay/leave decision of the adolescent victims of physical dating violence. A structural equation model was estimated to explain the direct and indirect contribution of the level of satisfaction, commitment, justification of the aggression, relationship duration, psychological coercion toward commitment, and the consequences of the abuse on the victims’ decision to continue in the abusive relationship. The sample was 456 Latinx adolescents aged between 12 and 18 years. The results corroborate that the decision to leave a physically abusive dating relationship is a complex phenomenon related to subjective variables such as (a) the level of satisfaction, (b) cognitive evaluation of the aggression (especially in those couples who have been together for a long time), and (c) the exposure to psychological pressures toward commitment. Future preventive strategies must incorporate actions to help the youngest to evaluate in a more objective and adequate way, the real quality of their first relationships, and aim to modify the justification of the aggression, the recognition of the potential harm, and to foster an adequate balance between the benefits and harm of staying in the abusive relationship.

Emotional dysregulation is a construct that has drawn substantial attention as a transdi-agnostic contributing factor to the loss of health. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a term used to describe physical, psychological, or sexual assault of a spouse or sexual partner. The aim of the study was to determine the variability of emotional dysregulation among women with different types of IPV revictimization and post‐traumatic stress. The cross‐sectional survey included 120 women attended by the Integrated Monitoring System of Gender Violence of Madrid, Spain, due to a gender violence complaint. The presence of post‐traumatic stress disorder (DSM 5 criteria), emotional dysregulation (Emotional Processing Scale (EPS)), childhood trauma, and type of revictimi-zation were evaluated. Cluster analysis found three profiles of emotional regulation: Emotionally Regulated, Avoidance/Non‐Impoverished, and Emotional Overwhelm. The results showed that the Emotional Overwhelm group was characterized by a general dysregulation of emotional experi-ences and a greater intensity of post‐traumatic stress symptoms. In addition, women who have suf-fered several episodes of IPV by different partners showed a differential pattern of emotional regulation than the rest of the victims that entailed greater psychopathology. Findings confirm that emotional dysregulation is a critical pathway to the decrease of health among IPV victims, This work has been made possible by a research grant from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of Spain (PGC2018-096130-B-I00)

Several scales are used in Dating Violence studies assuming cross-cultural invariance and equivalence of the measures without making the proper validation in the intended populations. This study focuses on the importance of adapting existing dating violence psychological instruments (as the widely recognized Modified Version of the Conflict Tactics Scale, M-CTS) in diverse adolescent populations adjusting to international validation procedures that ensure the cultural fit of the instrument and the measurement invariance of the construct. We sought to adapt the M-CTS in Mexican adolescents (N = 1861; 57.5% woman) following the ITC Guidelines for Translating and Adapting Test. We made an analysis of the linguistic and cultural variables, followed by a Confirmatory Factor Analysis, and the evaluation of Construct and Known Groups Validities. We culturally modified six items and verified the four-factorial structure of the questionnaire proposed in previous studies (argumentation, psychological aggression, mild physical aggression, and sever physical aggression). We also found significant correlations in between the scores of the M-CTS and the Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) and the Dominating and Jealous Tactics Scale (DJTS), verifying the Construct Validity of the M-CTS to measure aggressive behaviors. Conclusion: the cultural adaptation of the M-CTS offered adequate reliability and validity scores in Mexican population expanding the possibilities of comparing prevalences of the problem between nations with a reliable instrument based on the same theoretical and methodological perspectives.

espanol(descriptivo): este articulo forma parte de una investigacion mas amplia cuyo objetivo fue describir los elementos relacionados con la violencia en parejas gays y lesbicas. Abordamos los resultados sobre la relacion de los modelos parentales con la violencia ejercida al interior de estas y otras relaciones interpersonales. Seguimos un metodo descriptivo cualitativo y utilizamos grupos focales para recopilar la informacion, en donde participaron ocho hombres gays, seis mujeres lesbianas y una mujer bisexual, reclutados por disponibilidad. Encontramos que presenciar violencia entre los padres o ser expuestos a experiencias tempranas de maltrato destacan como principios favorecedores de futuras dinamicas violentas de pareja; y que el rechazo parental tras “salir del closet”, junto con la dificultad para distinguir la violencia fuera del contexto heterosexual familiar, son obstaculos para detectar y afrontar la violencia. Palabras clave: violencia familiar, maltrato infantil, relaciones interpersonales (Tesauro de Ciencias Sociales de la Unesco). Palabras clave autores: violencia en la relacion de pareja, pareja del mismo sexo, gays, lesbianas, bisexuales. English(descriptive): this article is part of a wider study that has the objective of describing the elements related to violence among gay and lesbian couples. The authors analyze the results of looking at the relation between the parental model and violence inflicted within these and other interpersonal relationships. We used a qualitative descriptive method and focal groups to collect information with participation from 8 gay men, 6 lesbian women and 1 bisexual woman, who were selected based on their availability. The authors concluded that witnessing violence between parents or being exposed to early violent experiences were significant factors in encouraging violent dynamics within. In addition, parental rejection after “coming out of the closet” along with the difficulty with identifying violence outside of the generally accepted heterosexual family context were obstacles for identifying different types of violence. Key words: family violence, child abuse, interpersonal relationships (Social Science Unesco Thesaurus). Authors key words: couple relationship violence, same-sex couples, gay, lesbian, bisexual. portugues(descritivo): este artigo e parte de uma pesquisa mais ampla cujo objetivo foi descrever os elementos relacionados com a violencia em casais homoafetivos. Abordamos os resultados da influencia dos modelos parentais sobre a violencia nestes relacionamentos e outras relacoes interpessoais. Seguimos um metodo descritivo qualitativo e utilizamos grupos focais como tecnica de coleta de informacoe. Participaram 8 homens gays, 6 mulheres lesbicas e 1 mulher bissexual. Descobrimos que testemunhar a violencia entre os pais ou ser expostos a experiencias precoces de abuso posicionaram-se como elementos que provocaram dinâmicas violentas entre eles; e que a rejeicao dos pais depois de “ sair do armario”, juntamente com a dificuldade que eles experimentaram para distinguir a violencia fora do contexto heterossexual familiar foram os obstaculos para detectar a violencia. Palavras-chave: violencia familiar, abuso infantil, relacoes interpessoais (Thesaurus de Ciencias Sociais da Unesco). Autores palavras-chave: violencia na relacao, parceiro do mesmo sexo, gays, lesbicas, bissexual.