Cyber dating abuse: What is the relationship with moral sensitivity in a sample of university students?
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The present investigation sought to explore the relationship between cyber dating abuse and ethical sensitivity in a sample of university students. The sample consisted of 239 university students aged between 17 and 49 years (M = 21.50; SD = 4.70). The Ethical Sensitivity Scale (ESS), the Cyber Dating Abuse Questionnaire (CDAQ) and a sociodemographic questionnaire were used as instruments. The main results suggest that there are differences in terms of gender in the dimensions: Reading and expressing emotions, Taking the perspective of others, Caring by connecting to others and Generating interpretations and options, with females, in general, showing higher levels when compared with males. Regarding the variable cyber dating abuse, statistically significant differences were found according to gender in the victimization – direct aggression and in the perpetration – direct aggression, with males scoring higher than females in both dimensions. There were also significant negative correlations between dimensions of cyber abuse and dimensions of ethical sensitivity. Regarding the results, the implementation of intervention programs aimed to the development of skills linked to ethical sensitivity is considered extremely relevant, as these seem to allow the development of pro-social behaviour, thus contributing to the reduction of deviant behaviour.
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