110698 20230519145604.0 doi 10.1371/journal.pone.0259839 sideral 127222 ART-2021-127222 eng Llano-Suárez, A. Gender roles and intimate partner violence among female university students in Spain: A cross-sectional study 2021 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Background Traditional gender roles (GRs) have a considerable influence on relationships among couples. These can lead to negative health effects in women; however, their impact on intimate partner violence (IPV) has been less explored, especially among younger women. Objective To explore the association between traditional GRs and several indicators of IPV on a sample of Spanish female university students involved in heterosexual dating relationships. Methods A cross-sectional study involving female university students (n = 1, 005) pursuing ten degrees (four Health Science degrees and six Social Sciences degrees). Data were collected using two validated scales: 1) the Questionnaire on the Gender Determinants of Contraception (COGANT), used to examine four traditional GRs (submissive, blind, and passive attitudes of female students, and male dominance), and 2) the Dating Violence Questionnaire-R (DVQ-R) scale, used to measure five types of IPV-behaviors (coercion, detachment, humiliation, sexual violence, and physical violence), perceived fear, entrapment, and abuse. Logistic and linear regressions were conducted to study the association between GR and a series of IPV indicators in dating relationships. Results Traditional GRs were highly prevalent (57.0% submissive, 52.0% blind attitude, 75.7% passive, and 31.7% identified their boyfriend as being dominant). Up to 66.3% experienced some type of violent behavior. All GRs were significantly associated with IPV indicators. A submissive attitude in female students was the GR that was most strongly associated to total IPV-behavior (adjusted odd ratio [OR] = 3.18; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.29-4.42), followed by male dominance (OR = 2.79: 95% CI:1.71: 4.54). Both GRs were also highly associated with perceived fear, entrapment, and abuse. Conclusions A high presence of traditional GRs was found in the relationships held by female university students, which was significantly associated with IPV indicators. Universities must adopt policies for gender equality and raise awareness on dating violence. Copyright: © 2021 Llano-Suárez et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 3.752 2021 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES 29 / 74 = 0.392 2021 Q2 T2 0.852 2021 Multidisciplinary 2021 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Lana, A. Gasch-Gallén, Á. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-3087-8899 Fernández-Feito, A. 1006 255 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería Área Enfermería 16, 11 (2021), e0259839 [19 pp] PLoS One PLoS ONE 1932-6203 803142 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/110698/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2105346 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/110698/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:110698 articulos driver 2023-05-18-16:02:49 ARTICLE