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A multidisciplinary group of ten UCAM researchers, through the Office of International Projects (OPRI), will participate in the European project Youth Life to combat violence among young couples with entities from six countries
According to a study carried out in 2015 by the Reina Sofía Center on Adolescence and Youth, more than 80% of young Spaniards between the ages of 14 and 19 claim to have witnessed an act of violence between partners of the same age, Spreading content without permission, controlling and even hitting.
Despite efforts to promote equality, according to the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality of Spain, more than 12% of women over the age of 16 have been victims of physical violence by their partner, and beyond Physical abuse, verbal abuse, emotional control and violation of privacy are also considered violence, which not only occurs from men to women, but also on the contrary.
Aware of the importance of generating changes in this age range where young people begin to develop their first relationships, the Catholic University San Antonio de Murcia, together with various associations in Spain, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Portugal, Launched a European project approved under the Erasmus + framework called "Youth Life: Violence in Dating for Youth".
This project, which will involve a multidisciplinary group of ten researchers from UCAM's Faculties of Nursing, Education and Psychology, coordinated by Dr. Isabel Morales, will work on this topic with young people, through methodologies such as the focus group, in different Centers of the Region of Murcia.
The Catholic University of Murcia has opened the registrations through the email address jagaldo@ucam.edu, for schools and institutes interested in participating in the project, which derives the doctoral thesis of the researcher of the UCAM, Jesús Galdo.
Source: UCAM
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