Internalization of the Romantic Love Myths as a Risk Factor for Gender Violence a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Introduction Violence against women is a global health problem, and gender violence is a multifactorial phenomenon generally attributed to the fact of living in a patriarchal culture setting. Methods A systematic review and meta-analysis conducted in the following databases: PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO...

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Authors: Jiménez Picón, Nerea; Romero Martín, Macarena; Romero Castillo, Rocío; Palomo Lara, Juan Carlos; Alonso Ruiz, Miriam
Format: Article
Status:Published version
Publication date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
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OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/146026
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/146026
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-022-00747-2
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Gender Violence
Romantic love
Myths of Romantic Love
Myths about Love Scale
Meta-analysis
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Palomo Lara, Juan Carlos
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description Introduction Violence against women is a global health problem, and gender violence is a multifactorial phenomenon generally attributed to the fact of living in a patriarchal culture setting. Methods A systematic review and meta-analysis conducted in the following databases: PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Scopus, LILACS, MEDES, Web of Science, CUIDEN, ENFISPO, IBECS, Dialnet and Cuidatge. Inclusion criteria: quantitative design, Spanish population, Spanish, English, Portuguese and/or French language, no time restriction and use of the Myths about Love Scale. Data was collected and analysed from July to October 2020. A total of 146 records were identified, of which, after applying the eligibility criteria, 12 studies were included, and 6 met the criteria for the meta-analysis. The descriptive and prevalence analysis was performed by means of StatsDirect. In all the analyses, statistical significance was considered at p < 0.05 and the CIs, at 95%. Results The most accepted myths were those related to love idealization: the eternal passion, marriage, omnipotence and perfect match myths. The least accepted myths were those of the couple, jealousy and love-maltreatment link. Men and women accepted the myths in a similar manner, although the former showed more participation in jealousy and in love-maltreatment link. Conclusions The study contributes a current perspective about the beliefs regarding the love myths that can be a conditioning factor in love relationships and a risk factor for gender violence. The bet is on preventive education and socialization at all levels, as well as on the deconstruction of the concept of romantic love and its myths to foster healthy and egalitarian relationships.
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spelling Internalization of the Romantic Love Myths as a Risk Factor for Gender Violence a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Jiménez Picón, Nerea Romero Martín, Macarena Romero Castillo, Rocío Palomo Lara, Juan Carlos Alonso Ruiz, Miriam Gender Violence Romantic love Myths of Romantic Love Myths about Love Scale Meta-analysis Introduction Violence against women is a global health problem, and gender violence is a multifactorial phenomenon generally attributed to the fact of living in a patriarchal culture setting. Methods A systematic review and meta-analysis conducted in the following databases: PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Scopus, LILACS, MEDES, Web of Science, CUIDEN, ENFISPO, IBECS, Dialnet and Cuidatge. Inclusion criteria: quantitative design, Spanish population, Spanish, English, Portuguese and/or French language, no time restriction and use of the Myths about Love Scale. Data was collected and analysed from July to October 2020. A total of 146 records were identified, of which, after applying the eligibility criteria, 12 studies were included, and 6 met the criteria for the meta-analysis. The descriptive and prevalence analysis was performed by means of StatsDirect. In all the analyses, statistical significance was considered at p < 0.05 and the CIs, at 95%. Results The most accepted myths were those related to love idealization: the eternal passion, marriage, omnipotence and perfect match myths. The least accepted myths were those of the couple, jealousy and love-maltreatment link. Men and women accepted the myths in a similar manner, although the former showed more participation in jealousy and in love-maltreatment link. Conclusions The study contributes a current perspective about the beliefs regarding the love myths that can be a conditioning factor in love relationships and a risk factor for gender violence. The bet is on preventive education and socialization at all levels, as well as on the deconstruction of the concept of romantic love and its myths to foster healthy and egalitarian relationships. https://hdl.handle.net/11441/146026 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-022-00747-2
spellingShingle Internalization of the Romantic Love Myths as a Risk Factor for Gender Violence a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Jiménez Picón, Nerea
Gender Violence
Romantic love
Myths of Romantic Love
Myths about Love Scale
Meta-analysis
status_str publishedVersion
title Internalization of the Romantic Love Myths as a Risk Factor for Gender Violence a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
title_full Internalization of the Romantic Love Myths as a Risk Factor for Gender Violence a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
title_fullStr Internalization of the Romantic Love Myths as a Risk Factor for Gender Violence a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Internalization of the Romantic Love Myths as a Risk Factor for Gender Violence a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
title_short Internalization of the Romantic Love Myths as a Risk Factor for Gender Violence a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
title_sort Internalization of the Romantic Love Myths as a Risk Factor for Gender Violence a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
topic Gender Violence
Romantic love
Myths of Romantic Love
Myths about Love Scale
Meta-analysis
topic_facet Gender Violence
Romantic love
Myths of Romantic Love
Myths about Love Scale
Meta-analysis
url https://hdl.handle.net/11441/146026
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-022-00747-2