INTRODUCTION: The identification of violence inflicted by the intimate partner as a public health problem has shown a social, political and ideological advance.The aim of this paper was to investigate the relation between dating violence and gender roles in a male sample of Pachuca students.Literature has shown a strong relationship between gender roles at dating and violence inflicted by an intimate partner.MATERIAL AND METHODS: In order to lattigo find this association a correlational design was used.
The scales used were: The Traditional Dating Roles Scale (alpha 0.96, 71.99% of explained variance) and the Dating Violence Instrument (alpha 0.90, 87% of explained variance) both created for Mexican population.
The two scales were applied into a sample of 157 straight male participants (59 high school students and 98 university students).RESULTS: A high and negative association was found between Traditional Dating Roles (person, sexuality, active) and Dating Violence (verbal, blackmail, jealousy, control, social requirements, and humiliation).CONCLUSIONS: The stereotyped gender roles during 3 Seater Sofa dating have a positive aspect, for men, during dating relationships.