Table 4.

Significant results for variables associated to perpetration of verbal-emotional violence in teen dating relationships.

			Self-Esteem	Total Hostile Sexism	H.Protective Paternalism	H.Gender Differentiation	Total Benevolent Sexism	B.Protective Paternalism	B.Heterosexual Intimacy
Verbal-emotional violence	No	Mdn (IIQ)	7 (1–8)	6 (4–8)	6 (4–19)	7 (4–10)	22 (10–51)	9 (4–21)	6 (3–18)
	Yes	Mdn (IIQ)	6 (1–8)	6 (4–8)	7 (4–20)	7 (4–10)	27.50 (10–57)	12 (4–22)	8 (3–18)
	U		25744.00 **	5723.00 *	5890.00 *	5674.00 *	4897.00 **	5052.00 *	5178.00 **
	z		2.60	1.91	1.92	1.97	2.79	2.01	2.70
	r		0.13	0.12	0.16	0.12	0.27	0.12	0.17

Note: ** p < 0.01. * p < 0.05; r = Effect size; H = Hostile Sexism; B= Benevolent Sexism.