Dating violence in social networks and alcohol consumption in adolescents

Abstract

The objective of this study is to determine the effect of intimate partner violence on social networks in alcohol consumption in high school adolescents. The sample was made up of 242 high school adolescents, to whom the scale of intimate partner violence on social networks in adolescents, and the alcohol use disorders identification questionnaire (AUDIT) were applied. The results find that there is a relationship between intimate partner violence on social networks and the mayor's rate of alcohol consumption in high school adolescents, in addition to the fact that the male sex is the one who exercises the most violence. According to the objective of the study, it was found that the variable that best explains alcohol consumption in adolescents is the violence subscale with an R² = 30%.