Lifestyle and Violence among Dating in University Students

Table 2

Total scores and dimensions of the MSDV were disaggregated by sex.

Multidimensional scale of violence		Total		Female		Male		value	Effect size
		382		276		106
		M	IQR	M	IQR	M	IQR
Exercise violence		13	9–18	14	10–19.8	11	7–16	≤0.001	0.625
Physical dimension	Physical and sexual abuse	0	0–0	0	0–0	0	0–0	0.390	0.52
Control dimension	Harassment	0	0–2	1	0–2	0	0–1	0.001	0.6
	Surveillance	6	4–9.3	7	4–10	5	2.8–8.3	0.006	0.59
	Cyberbullying	4	2–6	5	2–6	3.5	1–5	0.054	0.563
Psychoemotional dimension	Domination	1	0–3	1	0–3	1	0–2	0.023	0.573
	Denigration	0	0–0	0	0–0	0	0–0	0.053	0.534
Suffering violence		15	10–20	15	11–21.8	11	7–18	≤0.001	0.638
Physical dimension	Physical and sexual abuse	0	0–1	0	0–1	0	0–0	0.031	0.564
	Harassment	1	0–3	1	0–3	1	0–3	0.627	0.516
	Surveillance	10	6.8–14	11	8–15	8	4–12	≤0.001	0.662
Psychoemotional dimension	Domination	1	0–4	2	0–4	1	0–3	0.022	0.58
	Denigration	0	0–0	0	0–1	0	0–0	0.027	0.559

M: Median; IQR. 25 – p 75. Effect size: probability that a woman’s score is higher than that of a man.