TY  - JOUR
T1  - Psychological characteristics of aggressors of young couple
A1  - Hernández Jiménez, María Jesús
YR  - 2014
UL  - http://biblioteca.ararteko.eus/Record/dialnet-ar-18-ART0000726536
AB  - Violence against women in relationships young people has become in recent years a public health problem of major social. This article, with a view to the prevention, seeks to address the psychological characteristics of the perpetrator of pair in young relations. An initial review of the personality features investigated in previous studies and their influence on violent behaviour was carried out. Following this, an empirical study on a sample of young people was performed. Methods: We conducted a study with 100 young people of Valencia. Of these, 50 are young offenders and 50 couple, young students of compulsory secondary education. Data are obtained and analyzed psychological characteristics differences between groups. Results: The study conducted shows that in general, young offenders have one hand high scores on neuroticism, impulsivity, external locus of control, psychoticism and antisocial behavior. Furthermore show low scores on self-control, empathy, selfesteem and frustration tolerance Conclusions: The results of this paper make it abundantly clear that violence in young relationships is important enough to be considered from different sectors of society and justifies the need to develop and implement prevention programs adapted adolescents and their characteristics.
KW  - Violence
KW  - Youth
KW  - Personality
KW  - Psychological characteristics
KW  - Risk factors
KW  - Violencia
KW  - Jóvenes
KW  - Personalidad
KW  - Características psicológicas
KW  - Factores de riesgo
ER  -