Creencias religiosas en la percepción de victimización en una muestra de jóvenes

Resumen

The Religion constitute, in believing persons, powerful psychological resourcesfor personal growth and health. This general principle can be applied to adolescents andyoungs, which leads to the objective of investigating how extrinsic and intrinsicreligiosity influence in the violence in couple relationships and the process ofvictimization in youngsters. The sample is made up of 4,911 young people andadolescents (58.5% women and 41.5% men) of secondary education, professionaleducation and University students, whose ages are between 15 and 21 years old. Theinstrument of evaluation administered has been the CUVINO (Dating VolenceQuestionnaire) to determine the conduct of abuse and tolerance levels allowed by thevictim. The results indicate that intrinsic religiosity contributes to reduce existentialuncertainty, fosters the sense of integrity and personal identity of the female gender and,finally, acts as a psychological resource for overcoming adversity and building personalresilience. These results are promising to guide future strategies of preventive intervention in the field of prevention of gender violence in adolescents, with clearimplications for the future of the religious beliefs and its psychological perspective.