Understanding Reasons for Dating Violence Among Adolescents: A Mixed-Methods Approach
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Teen Dating Violence is a serious issue that affects the physical, psychological, and emotional well-being of adolescents. Purpose: To analyze the reasons for perpetrating dating violence by integrating quantitative and qualitative results. Methods: A con-current mixed-methods design with equal weighting was applied to a sample of 703 participants in the quantitative phase, who completed the Dating Violence Motives Scale, and 103 participants in the qualitative phase. Mixed-phase analysis included data triangulation, creation of new analytical categories, and interpretation to gener-ate meta-inferences. Results: Both phases identified jealousy as the most frequent trig-ger of dating violence. Conclusions: The findings indicate that sociocultural gender constructions influence the motives for dating violence and support the need for pre-ventive interventions tailored to adolescent developmental contexts.