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The Role of Acceptance of Violence Beliefs and Social Information Processing on Dating Violence Perpetration
Author(s) -
FernándezGonzález Liria,
Calvete Esther,
Orue Izaskun
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/jora.12414
Subject(s) - psychology , aggression , anger , social information processing , dysfunctional family , social psychology , anticipation (artificial intelligence) , cognition , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , computer science
This study's main objective was to explore whether beliefs legitimizing dating violence predict dysfunctional social information processing ( SIP ) when adolescents deal with ambiguous dating situations, and whether this more proximal cognitive processing acts as a mediator between acceptance of violence beliefs and dating violence perpetration. Participants were 855 high school students who completed self‐report measures at three time points, with a 1‐year interval between them. SIP did not act as a mediator, but the emergence of anger emotions in dating conflict situations, along with aggression‐justifying beliefs, were revealed as essential in explaining dating violence. Previous aggression also explained a subsequent higher anticipation of positive consequences for aggressive acts. We discuss the implications for prevention and treatment strategies with adolescents.