• Conceição Martins, Ana Gouveia, Melanie Chaves, Rafael Lourenço, Sara Marques, and Telmo Santos.
• Escola Superior de Saúde de Viseu, Viseu, Portugal. Electronic address: mcamartinsp@gmail.com.
• Aten Primaria. 2014 Nov 1; 46 Suppl 5: 129-34.

BackgroundViolence in dating relationships involves dimensions such as physical, psychological and sexual abuse, requiring strategies for prevention and early intervention.ObjectiveTo identify the socio-demographic variables that influence violence in dating relationships; to identify whether having been a victim and/or witnessing violence in childhood has significant effect on violence in dating relationships; to verify the correlation between violence in dating relationships and psychological well-being.Material And MethodQuantitative non-experimental, cross-sectional, descriptive correlational study. Data collection conducted by a socio-demographic characterisation questionnaire; Dating Relationship Victimization Practices and Behaviours Scale and Demonstration of Psychological Well-Being Measurement Scale. The non-probabilistic, convenience sample consisted of 203 students from the Health School of Viseu.ResultsMostly female students gender; Mean age of 18.85 years, minimum of 18 and maximum of 34; Gender and having been a victim or witness of violence against children and sexual violence are variables that seem to intervene in dating violence and psychological well-being. Age has an influence on psychological well-being. Stalking violence and psychological violence were more prevalent in the study sample. It was found that the presence of any type of violence is associated with a decrease in student psychological well-being.ConclusionBy analysing the results we can infer the need to include this topic in education/training, active methodologies and effective participation of all stakeholders in the process, with a view to promoting and developing relationship and affective skills.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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