Prevalencia de los mitos del amor romántico en jóvenes

Abstract

Gender roles, masculine and feminine stereotypes, and differentiated socialisation burrow into the collective subconscious, internalising behaviours, attitudes and conduct in both adults and young people. The latter group mature whilst assimilating these values, possibly fuelling the normalisation of control, dominance and subordination situations, supported by the social concept of romantic love (Blanco, 2014; Muniz et al., 2015; Donoso, Rubio & Vila, 2018). This article describes an analysis of how prevalent the myths of romantic love are amongst 168 young people, based on an adaptation of the romantic love questionnaire (Ferrer, Bosch & Navarro, 2010). The analysis focuses on the prevalence of each myth, as well as on whether there are significant differences, or not, between acceptance of these myths by gender, branch of study (education, administration and social) and level of qualifications (High School, Vocational Training and University Degree). The consolidation of certain romantic myths amongst young people has been observed. There is, therefore, a need to introduce solid co-education strategies from early childhood, work as a network across different areas (and in the media) and boost awareness campaigns that target society as a whole.