Knowledge of One’s Own Rights, False Beliefs About Quality Relationships, and Dating Violence Victimization: The Mediating Role of Setting Boundaries

Ivana Janković; Milica Tošić Radev; Jelisaveta Todorović

doi:10.19090/pp.v19i1.2654

Autori

Ivana Janković Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3932-4489
Milica Tošić Radev Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4170-2530
Jelisaveta Todorović Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9007-6935

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19090/pp.v19i1.2654

Ključne reči:

dating violence, adolescence, beliefs, rights, personal boundaries

Apstrakt

The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between false beliefs about what makes a quality relationship, knowledge of one’s own rights, the ability to set personal boundaries, and adolescent dating violence victimization. The research was conducted on a sample of 895 adolescents who completed a battery of tests, including the Scale of false beliefs about a quality relationship, Knowledge of one’s own rights in a relationship scale, Setting boundaries in a relationship scale, and the Victimization in a relationship questionnaire. The results showed gender differences and similarities in the antecedents of dating violence. Personal boundaries acted as a full mediator between false beliefs about the quality of a relationship and all forms of dating victimization in girls and psychological violence in boys. On the other hand, knowing one’s own rights significantly predicted victimization only in a male subsample, and this relationship was mediated by the ability to set boundaries. Our results also indicated that boys were more likely than girls to experience all forms of violence. Possible practical implications of the results are discussed.

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