Cyber dating violence in college students during pandemic due COVID-19

Abstract

The present research aims to explore and analyze the factors associated with CDV in a sample of 307 Mexican college students, during the COVID-19 pandemic. In both sexes, a high agreement in secure attachment was found, as well as a high prevalence of Jealousy and Vigilance towards the partner, a bidirectionality in control, as well as a significant correlation between Jealousy and Committed and suffered Control. In females, an association of Anxious attachment was found with Electronic Vigilance Committed Control and Secure Attachment; and finally; in the other hand, males showed a negative correlation between avoidant attachment and suffered control. The findings are discussed in the light of an interactional perspective of violence, pointing out the possible practical implications, as well as the need for future studies that delve into the phenomenon during the pandemic.