Cyberviolence in adolescent and young couples: prevalence and differences according to sex, age, number of partners, and level of education

This study examines the prevalence of cyber-violence and cyber-victimization in adolescent and young couples, and the differences according to sex, age, number of partners, and level of education. The convenience sample consisted of 984 individuals, including those in high school, vocational training and university. The mean age was 20.61 years. Par-ticipants completed the Adolescent Partner Violence in So-cial Networks Scale (E-VPA) and an ad hoc questionnaire. The results indicated that 53.4% of the participants had experienced cyberviolence, while 45.8% had suffered it. Significant differences were found in relation to sex, with boys scoring higher in cyberaggression received, cybercon-trol received and cyberaggression perpetrated. No differenc-es were found in relation to age. Those who had had more partners scored higher on all subscales of cyberviolence and cybervictimization. Finally, university students scored lower on all subscales of cyberviolence and cybervictimization. In conclusion, cyberviolence is a social problem that affects an increasing number of adolescents and young people, and it is therefore necessary to continue analysing this phenome-non in order to prevent it.