The Academic Events Group, 5th Cyprus International Conference on Educational Research,

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DETERMINATION OF THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD VIOLENCE
hande sahin, Sibel Erkal

Last modified: 2016-03-30

Abstract


Problem Statement: Violence is a common public problem in the society. Studies among adults in different countries have shown that diffrent factors are associated with aggressive behaviors and that the likehood of being a victim of diffrent types of violence alsı varies from country to country and from city to city within a country.

Purpose of Study: This study aims to determine student attitudes toward violence according to their individual characteristics.

Methods: The sample group of the research consists of 353 students who are studying in Kırıkkale University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Nursing and Department of Child Development. In the study, the Adolescents' Violence Behavior Scale served as data collection tools. In analysing data, standard deviation, arithmetic mean, Mann-Whitney U Test and Kruskal-Wallis H Test were used.

Finding and Results: There was statistically significant difference of students attitudes towards violence according to their age, gender and grade (p<0.05)

Conclusion and Recommendations: More research should ve channeled towards unraveling other factors that are related to attitude to the violence other than age, gender and grade. Government sholuld invest more on research, workshops and seminars on the means of boasting students understanding of the implications of violence.

Key words: Adolescent violence behavior scale, attitudes of violence, university students


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