Gender roles, love myths, dependency and cyber dating violence among young college students

• Guadalupe del Carmen Sarquiz-Garcia

  , Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México

  Author

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7701-7386 (unauthenticated)

• Julián Méndez-Rizo

  , Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México

  Author

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6013-521X (unauthenticated)

• José Luis Rojas-Solís

  , Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México

  Author

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6339-4607 (unauthenticated)

Abstract Affective-romantic bonds are of utmost importance in the construction of the individual’s personality; however, they are not exempt from presenting harmful behaviors, currently, thanks to the emergence of new media these actions move from the physical to the virtual plane, favoring the emergence of Cyber Dating Violence (CDV). Thus, the objective of this research was to describe and analyze this phenomenon and some of the factors associated with the problem in a sample of 589 young university students, where gender roles, myths of romantic love, dependence and CDV were evaluated through the CDAQ scales, Gender
Roles Scale, Romantic Love Scale and Love Addiction Scale. From the descriptive, inferential, correlational and linear regression analyses performed, a predominance of dichotomous gender beliefs and idealization of love by men was evidenced. On
the other hand, a positive association was found, in both subsamples, between the idealization of love, dependence and CDV behaviors, and a relationship between control and direct aggression, both committed and suffered. In conclusion, the data
obtained suggest that cyber dating violence is a bidirectional phenomenon, which is related to the myths of romantic love and dependence.

1. Guadalupe del Carmen Sarquiz-Garcia, , Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México

   Licenciada en Psicología por la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP, México), miembro del Grupo de Investigación: “Análisis de Relaciones Interpersonales: Pareja, Familia y Organización” y del Centro de Psicología Integral (CPI, BUAP). Becaria CONCYTEP (Convenio: 478-2024).
   https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7701-7386

2. Julián Méndez-Rizo, , Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México

   Licenciado en Psicología por la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP, México), miembro del Grupo de Investigación: “Análisis de Relaciones Interpersonales: Pareja, Familia y Organización”.
   Becario CONCYTEP (Convenio: 03-2024). https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6013-521X

3. José Luis Rojas-Solís, , Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México

   Doctor en Psicología por la Universidad de Salamanca (España) y Profesor-Investigador en la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (México), líder del Grupo de Investigación: “Análisis de Relaciones Interpersonales: Pareja, Familia y Organización”, miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNII, SECIHTI) y responsable del Área de Investigación del Centro de Psicología Integral (CPI, BUAP).
   https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6339-4607

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