Intimate Partner Violence and Academic Emotional Exhaustion among University Students: A Public Health Perspective

Abstract

Introduction: Intimate partner violence is a public health problem that affects the mental health of people, with a tendency to experience negative emotions and also related to the university environment that, together with other factors such as emotional exhaustion, are a limitation for the personal and professional development of individuals. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between violence in relationships and academic emotional exhaustion in students of a private university in Metropolitan Lima. Methodology: it was quantitative, correlational, cross-sectional and non-experimental design. The sample consisted of 203 students from a private university in Lima – Peru, where a simple random probability sample was used. 2 instruments were used: DVQ-R (5 dimensions, 20 items) and ECE (1 dimension, 10 items), both instruments were validated and reached their respective reliability. Results: they show that there is a positive and moderate correlation (0.462) between both variables. Regarding the dimensions, a low positive correlation was obtained in the first three dimensions (physical, sexual, humiliation) and a moderate positive correlation in the previous two (detachment, coercion). Discussion: violence and academic emotional exhaustion are phenomena that need to be prevented responsibly by the sum of factors that trigger and the potential risk of affecting the dimensions of physical, psychological and emotional character. Therefore, timely psychological interventions in university students are transcendent for the quality of life and their mental health.

Received: 11 September 2023 / Accepted: 21 April 2024 / Published: 5 May 2024