Partner violence, social support and psychological well-being in young adults

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of different types of violence on the couple and social support on psychological well-being in young adults. In addition, the mediating or moderating nature of social support between the violence received in the couple and psychological well-being was analyzed. To this end, 148 university students from the province of Concepción, Chile (66.3% women) were surveyed, aged between 18 and 37 years. The CUVINO-R Survey was applied to measure violence in the couple, the MOS Scale for Perceived Social Support and the Ryff Psychological Welfare Scale. The data reveal that humiliation and gender violence are negative predictors of well-being; On the other hand, emotional support and detachment violence are positive predictors. On the other hand, emotional support moderates the relationship between humiliation and psychological well-being.