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�…

Some prevention programs start from the assumption that romantic love triggers gender
violence. This assumption has no scientific basis; no links have been found in the literature�…

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an instrument to measure love myths
among Chilean youth. Items created based on review of available literature were refined�…

Romantic love in heterosexual relationships is recognized as an important aspect to be
considered in relation to the psychosocial mechanisms associated with the persistence of�…

Dating violence is a significant problem among adolescents. It encompasses a variety of
violent behavior, from verbal abuse to physical and sexual abuse, from threats to rape and�…

Understanding the construct of romantic love is an important task in societies all around the
world. However, instruments designed to assess this construct are scarce and most of them�…

This study provides a descriptive analysis of some beliefs or myths of romantic love that
maintain individuals involved in the sexual relationship called friends with benefits (FWB)�…

Los mitos del amor rom�ntico refieren a creencias culturalmente compartidas sobre el amor,
el enamoramiento y las relaciones de pareja. Su estudio y evaluaci�n son de suma�…

Romantic love promotes and lays the foundation for the development of hegemonic affective
sex relationships, guiding the normative ways of feeling and experiencing love. This way of�…

Romance and control are often conflated by the media, and individuals may believe that
certain controlling or jealous behaviors by men toward women are romantic and can be a�…