PSYCHOLOGY DISTRESSS REVIEWED FROM YOUNG ADULTS WHO EXPERIENCE DATING VIOLENCE

Abstract

One of the ways that individuals usually do to be able to maintain a long-term relationship and be able to make adjustments with the opposite sex partner is to create a romantic relationship with their partner. However, in the course of romantic relationships, there are often differences of opinion that can eventually lead to a conflict, so it is not uncommon when in a romantic relationship there is dating violence when facing the conflict. Dating violence is often experienced by women who end up being survivors in the violence. Dating violence in a romantic relationship can lead to mental health problems individuals who experience it. This research used non-experimental quantitative methods. A total of 258 young adults in the study were selected by chance using incidental sampling techniques. The measuring instruments used in this study were DASS (Depression Anxiety Stress Scale) and BDI-II (Beck Depression Inventory-II). The results obtained in this study are that there are significance differences in psychological distresss reviewed from the experiences of young adults who experience dating violence and who do not experience it; also there is a significance of psychological distress in women reviewed from experiencing dating violence and who do not experience it.