In this study, we compare Portuguese and
Cape Verdean youths’ upholding of traditional beliefs about
intimate partner violence (IPV) and the frequency of selfreported
violent behavior in dating relationships. The sample
(n =404) consisted of 183 Cape Verdean and 221 Portuguese
secondary school students of both sexes (56 % female; mean
age = 16). We used two questionnaires that had previously
been validated in the Portuguese population. The results revealed
that young Cape Verdean adolescents uphold stronger
traditional beliefs than Portuguese adolescents do, but there
were no differences in overall prevalence of abuse between
the two samples. The relationship between traditional beliefs
and self-reported violence was significant only in the
Cape Verdean sample, suggesting that campaigns against
IPV have not, so far, been as effective in Cape Verde as in
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