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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-3-2019
Publication Title
Children & Youth Services Review
Volume
105
First Page
1
Last Page
8
Abstract
Mexican youth from impoverished areas are at increased risk for experiencing relationship violence. Research in the United States has suggested that perpetration may be contextualized by culturally-influenced gender values, specifically performance of negative aspects of male masculinity (i.e., machismo) and its female counterpart (i.e., marianismo). This study utilized focus group methods to explore how middle school adolescents (N = 98) from a rural area of Central Mexico differentiate between healthy and unhealthy dating relationships.
We evoked a feminist developmental lens to interpret themes which centralized males as physical and sexual aggressors and to offer culturally-relevant program and practice recommendations.
Recommended Citation
Rueda, H. A., Hoffman, S., & Grytza, K. (online first, 2019). Proving their love: Violence and gender norms in descriptions of relationships among rural Mexican adolescents. Children & Youth Services Review, 105, 1-8. doi https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104424
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Elsevier in [Children & Youth Services Review] on [August 3, 2019], available online: https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104424