La violencia es un tema muy vivido, hoy en día ya que forma parte de un problema de salud pública, sobre todo por la frecuencia en la que están ocurriendo estos actos violentos; sin embargo, existen formas que nos pueden ayudar a reducir tales riesgos dentro de las relaciones de pareja. La presente investigación tuvo como finalidad determinar la relación entre autoestima, asertividad y violencia en la pareja en estudiantes universitarios. Para ello se eligió un enfoque cuantitativo, no experimental de tipo correlacional – comparativo de corte transversal, en una muestra de 210 participantes de ambos sexos (69.05% mujeres y 30.95% varones), entre 18 a 25 años de una universidad privada de Arequipa Metropolitana. Respecto a la evaluación se utilizó la escala de asertividad de Rathus, la cual fue validada en la muestra seleccionada, la escala de autoestima de Rosenberg y el cuest...

 Dating violence is one of the most serious and complicated situations which does not obey or consider social, economic and educational criteria. The frequency in which these violent acts are occurring is increasing; However, there are intrinsic factors that can help reduce such risks within relationships. The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between self-esteem, assertiveness and violence in the couple of university students. For this, an empirical approach of associative strategy and cross-sectional correlational design was chosen, in a sample of 210 participants of both sexes (69.05% women and 30.95% men), between 18 and 25 years old, from a private university in Metropolitan Arequipa. Regarding the evaluation, the Rathus assertiveness scale was used, which was validated in the selected sample, the Rosenberg self-esteem scale and the dating violence ques...

 Dating violence is one of the most serious and complicated situations which does not obey or consider social, economic and educational criteria. The frequency in which these violent acts are occurring is increasing; However, there are intrinsic factors that can help reduce such risks within relationships. The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between self-esteem, assertiveness and violence in the couple of university students. For this, an empirical approach of associative strategy and cross-sectional correlational design was chosen, in a sample of 210 participants of both sexes (69.05% women and 30.95% men), between 18 and 25 years old, from a private university in Metropolitan Arequipa. Regarding the evaluation, the Rathus assertiveness scale was used, which was validated in the selected sample, the Rosenberg self-esteem scale and the dating violence ques...