@article{ref1,
title="Dating violence among undergraduate medical students at a public university in Mexico City: an exploratory study",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2023",
author="Diaz Olavarrieta, Claudia and Villa, Antonio Rafael and Guerrero López, Benjamin and Vargas Huicochea, Ingrid and García-Medina, Sandra and Aburto Arciniega, Monica and Alonso Catalán, María and Fajardo Dolci, Germán E. and Medina-Mora Icaza, Ma Elena",
volume="20",
number="4",
pages="e3104-e3104",
abstract="Gender-based violence (GBV) and cyber-aggression are growing problems in Mexico, but there is a dearth of information on their associated risks. We aimed to determine the prevalence of dating violence (DV) and cyber-aggression in a public campus and compared students' acceptability of abusive DV based on their sex and sexual orientation. We employed a cross-sectional design to survey 964 first-year medical students attending a public university. We analyzed who found &quot;acceptable&quot; abusive behaviors from a dating partner and carried out descriptive analyses of sample characteristics by sex. We included 633 women and 331 men. Homosexual and bisexual orientation was lower among women (1.5%, 4.8%) vs. men (16.9%, 7.2%). Of women and men, respectively, 64.2% and 35.8% reported having been in a dating relationship. Experiencing abusive behaviors in the year prior to the study was associated with students' level of &quot;acceptability&quot;. A total of 43.5% of the students who experienced cyber-aggression did not report any mental health consequences, 32.6% did not seek professional help, and 17.4% reported feeling depressed. Students that accepted emotionally abusive DV behaviors displayed a fourfold risk of experiencing physical abuse. Women and sexual minorities are more at risk of experiencing GBV and DV. More male students reported being victims of cyber-aggression.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph20043104",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043104"
}