The relationship between dating violence in late adolescent and childhood trauma and mental symptoms

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between dating violence, childhood trauma, psychologic symptoms and sociodemographic variables among late adolescent. 168 women and 79 men who studied at Istanbul Gelişim University in 2019-2020 were included in the study. "Childhood Trauma Questionnaire" , "The Attitudes towards Dating Violence Scales", The Brief Symptom Inventory and personal sociodemographic data form were applied to participants. The data was uploaded to SPSS was analyzed. According to the research results, it was observed that women were exposed to dating violence more in late adolescents than men. It was found that there was a substantial difference according to the duration of the relationship with exposure to dating violence, income level, father's education level, childhood neglect and abuse. On the other hand, it has been observed that the relationship of the parents is not related to exposure to dating violence. The psychological symptom level of the participants did not differ according to gender, but it was found that symptoms such as depression and anxiety were higher in participants who were exposed to dating violence. It was seen that attitudes towards dating violence differ according to gender and exposure to dating violence. It was found that psychological symptoms do not differ according to gender, childhood psychological traumas differ by gender, and men show higher levels of trauma symptoms than women. It has been determined that being subjected to violence during childhood is associated with the tendency to violence observed in adolescence and that the risk of these people to show violence to their partners increases. As a result, traumas experienced in childhood and attitudes of individuals towards dating violence are two important variables that predict the violence of dating. Parental education status and parenting attitudes, income level, psychological well-being of individuals are among the main risk factors in observing dating