Myths of Romantic Love and Quality in Teen Relationships
Mitos del Amor Romántico y Calidad en las Relaciones Sentimentales Adolescentes
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The existence of violence in adolescent relationships is a phenomenon of growing interest in the scientific field. The development of aggressive behaviors within the first relationships of intimacy to a large extent of the ideology of love that adolescents have and use to model their own partners; in this sense, the myths of romantic love play a key role. This study analyzes the romantic ideology of young people, pointing out the
significant differences according to sex and age; specifically, as well as the relationship between these and the quality of the first couples, identifying, sometimes, the degree of involvement in the violence they present. 583 students participated (49.6% girls), with ages between 14 and 18 years. The results, the differences, the differences in terms of the love index, in the relationship with the sex and the age of the participants: the girls are in the most advanced degree with the myths referring to the duration of the passion of the first moments and, to the love of the blind; while the boys, with the myths referred to jealousy as proof of love and the omnipotence of love; In addition, the degree of acceptance of the myths increased as they progressed in the teenage years. It was possible to identify three profiles of romantic ideology, which is related to the involvement in violence in the couple: Love justifies violence, Low idealization of love
and, The non-violent romantic ideal.
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