Recent studies reveal that 1 student of 5 used violence on her girlfriend and 1 girl of 2 is inclined to forgive him. Violence in dating contexts has been recognized recently as a worrying social problem. Such violence in young people takes prominence, not only for its consequences on physical and mental health, but also because aggessive behaviours can be transferred to the adult stage. Dating in adolescence is usually their first experience of intimate relationship which may arise situations violence, whether physical, sexual or psychological considering their different perceptions and difficulty to identify violent behaviour. Pressures, insecurities, passion, jalousy, control, gender issue, lack of experience, lack of educational paths aimed to prevent these factors in schools contributes will be the main topics focused by the consortium .In this context, VIDA YOUTH seeks the general objective to Reduce youth violence in dating reaching specific objectives:- Improvement of the problem awareness by young people, educators, youth organizations and public institutions;- Improvement of young people relationship skills;- Improvement of personal sense of security;- Improvement of the formal, non formal and informal education system on the topic.VIDA YOUTH will involve 400 young people between 15 and 18 years old through a class-room project work Moreover, the project planned to involve 100 educators, teachers, youth workers, trainers in order to improve the consortium outputs.The project implies three main phases:- preparation: each partner will promote the project to the schools and institutions in contact with young people selecting educators interested in following the project. in addition , each partner will prepare an education module to be presented during the joint staff training event ancona in which the partners will present their educational modules. the consortium will elaborate a joint document to present to educators.- implementation: it will be divided in two sessions, the first one will be te exchange of good practices elaborated during the meeting in Ancona to educators who will analyse the work and will deliver their feedback. The interim meeting will integrate the educators feedback with the educational modules that will be adopted for the second session. the second session will be the class-room project work in which the partners will implement the educational modules with students evaluation the learning outcome and the level of satisfaction of students and teachers.- dissemination & exploitation of results: the final educational modules will be disseminate through online channels, seminars, meetings and info-day toward schools, public institutions and youth organizations. The website of the project will allow to downloadthe document so as to measure the level of interest on it. The consortium will organize a final conference at the University of Murcia.The consortium will adopt different methodologies according to the actors involved: peer-learning, good practices exchange and open discussion with other partners during the meeting; peer-learning and bottom-up approach with educators during the first implementation phase; non-formal activities with young students using videos, articles, role games, simulations, practical excercises and open debate during the class-room project work. The aims of the non formale methodology during the activities with students will bento give them elements to drive the discussion letting them to develop the activities. The activites and the methodologies above mentioned will allow to produce the following results:- awareness raising: the project aims to spread the knowledge about the violence in dating of youth making them aware of the reasons of violence and its potential dangers, causes and physical, psycological and legal consequences.- relationship skills development: the class-room project work activities aim to raise young people awareness on the topic, their civic and tolerance values and behaviour and their sense of security.- formal education empowerment:, the dissemination phase will encourage secondary schools, including educational centers and public insititutions to embed this topic within their degrees.VIDA YOUTH will impact in raising the youth work quality, reducing youth violence and improving the sense of security within the participating communities. Students, especially women and weak people, will raise their sense of security acquiring new soft skills related to relationship management. The improvement of partners knowledge on the topic, their presence in the local community and the accessibility of the educational modules on the website, will produce indirect benefits on the long term run for schools, parents and youth organizations interested in implementing the activities maintaining the possibility to improve, adapt and integrate the modules and the attention on the topic.
Recent studies reveal that 1 in 5 students have used violence on his girlfriend and 1 in 2 girls are inclined to forgive him. Violence in dating settings has recently been recognized as a disturbing social problem. Such violence among young people assumes importance, not only for its consequences on physical and mental health, but also because aggressive behavior can be transferred to the adult stage. Dating in adolescence is usually their first intimate relationship experience that can lead to situations of violence, either physical, sexual or psychological, considering their different perceptions and difficulties in identifying violent behavior. The pressures, insecurities, passion, jealousy, control, gender issue, lack of experience, lack of training paths aimed at preventing these factors in the contributions of the schools will be the main topics focused by the consortium. In this context VIDA YOUTH has pursued the general objective of reducing youth violence during the events. The specific objectives were: a) Improvement of awareness of the problem by young people, students, teachers, educators, trainers, social workers and assistants, youth organizations and public institutions; b) Improvement of the interpersonal skills of young people among themselves, with teachers and with members of their family; c) Improvement of self-esteem and security during meetings with their peers; d) Improvement of the formal, non-formal and informal educational system on the subject. The participating organizations were: TENDER by Sdogati Claudio P1 (IT) is a training agency also active among young people employed, unemployed and NEET. Associazione Culturale Communia P2 (IT) is a non-profit cultural organization of young people and active among young people. SOPRO P3 (PT) is a non-profit cultural organization of young people and active among young people who mainly uses volunteers. Eurosuccess P4 (CY) is a private training agency with extensive experience in European projects for young people. Hranice Development Agency P5 (CZ) is a public regional development agency that also deals with education for young people and adults; AELV P6 (ES) is a non-profit cultural organization of young people and active among young people dealing with education at European level. Responsible Citizens P7 (GR) is a non-profit cultural organization of young people and active among young people for education. UCAM P8 (ES) is a Spanish university located in Murcia, Murcia, which deals with education and training for about 25,000 registered students. IIS Podest Calzecchi Onesti P9 (IT) is a public state institute of professional training. The main activities carried out followed organizational and temporal procedures as indicated in the application form. They are summarized as follows: Project management (Leader TENDER by Sdogati Claudio P1) Research methodology planning and pre-test (UCAM Leader P8) Development of teaching materials for teachers (IIS Leader Podesti P9 & SOPRO P3) Presentation of the project to stakeholders (Leader AELV P6) Class project work (Leader Association Cultural Communia P2) Post-test application (Leaders Hranice Development Agency P5 & Responsible Citizens P7) Data Analysis (Leaders Association Communia P2 + Responsible Citizens P7 + UCAM P8) Development of educational material and guidelines for students (Leader Eurosuccess ltd P4) Dissemination and Dissemination (UCAM Leader P8) The results that emerged from the research and investigation activities were many and interesting, starting from those relating to the good practices in force in the various countries of the Consortium, to those relating to the definition of the study and research methodology developed by UCAM, to those relating to the pre-tests and post-tests conducted among the students of the schools of the various countries, to then move on to those connected to the analysis of the collected data. Also the two elaborations of teaching material for teachers and the educational material and the guidelines for students are considered new and appreciable results from the scientific point of view. The impact obtained from the activities carried out was broad, profound and certainly positive on all the target groups that the proposal intended to involve. A particular impact has been had on the whole school environment that has been called upon to face and to tackle a question that has been neglected until now neglected. The benefits of the project activities were immediately visible, even when the activities were still in full swing phase, but the extension of the medium and long-term benefits is seen because most of the Partners have planned to replicate initiatives and interventions in the schools and youth organizations even after the official conclusion of the project.