ASSERTIVENESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PREVENTION OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between sexual assertiveness and violence among students in the Faculty of Human Medicine. Methodology: The design was descriptive correlational with a quantitative, non-experimental approach, and the sample consisted of 217 students. A survey was used to apply the Sexual Assertiveness Scale (EAS) instrument, which has a corrected item-test correlation between .238 and .600 and Cronbach's alpha values of .788, and the Questionnaire on Violence between Males and Females in a relationship (CUVINO). Conclusion: There is a very significant (p < .01) and slight inverse correlation between sexual assertiveness and dating violence among Peruvian university students. This indicates that as sexual assertiveness increases, the incidence of intimate partner violence tends to decrease and vice versa, assertiveness serving as a preventive mechanism against violence. Implications: The results of the study highlight the importance of establishing educational policies within the institution that allow young people to become aware of self-care and the prevalence of their sexual rights within the framework of comprehensive sex education.