Study on the types of abuse in young couples as a function of sex González Gijón, Gracia María Jiménez Ríos, Francisco Javier Martínez Heredia, Nazaret Soriano Díaz, Andrés Violence Young couples University students Sex Quantitative This manuscript has been carried out within the framework of the research project entitled “Exploratory study on violence in intimate partner relationships among students of the Education Degrees of the University of Granada” (PP2021.PP-14), funded by the Precompetitive Research Projects programme of the Plan Propio 2021, University of Granada, Spain. This study analyses the types of violence that can occur in intimate partner relationships among young people and their self-perception of abuse. For this purpose, we have used a survey-type methodology, with a quantitative approach. Participants were selected by means of non-probabilistic convenience and consisted of students enrolled in different degree and postgraduate courses in the Faculty of Education Sciences of the University of Granada (Spain). The sample consisted of 323 students, with a mean age of 23.8 years (SD = 5.2). Statistical and inferential tests were carried out with the data obtained using the SPSS V26 data analysis programme. The results show that the type of maltreatment most suffered, at some time by the sample participants, is emotional maltreatment, physical maltreatment, and psychological maltreatment. By comparing the means obtained, we can conclude that sex did not influence the violence suffered by young couples, which gives it a bidirectional character. 2023-09-28T11:12:24Z 2023-09-28T11:12:24Z 2023-07-21 journal article González-Gijón G, Jiménez-Ríos FJ, Martínez-Heredia N and Soriano Díaz A (2023). Study on the types of abuse in young couples as a function of sex. Front. Psychol. 14:1166834. [doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1166834] https://hdl.handle.net/10481/84719 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1166834 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional Frontiers Media