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Abstract Introduction and Objective The definition of dating violence is “All of the words, mimics and behaviors that involve the use of painful or hurtful physical, psychological force and threats against the partner”. In the studies conducted, it was determined that one of the groups most at risk in terms of exposure to violence is the adolescent and young adult age group. Prevention of violence in the dating period mayal so prevent many types of violence that may occur in the future. Therefore, it is important to determine the attitudes of individuals in the age group at risk towards violence. The aim of there search is to investigate the attitudes of students studying in the 3rd grade in the Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry departments at Marmara University against the dating violence and their relationship with various variables. Methods The study is qualitative and there search is cross-sectional. There search population consists of students studying in the third grade in the departments of medicine, pharmacy and dentistry at M.U. As a data collection tool, a 15-question questionnaire with sociodemographic variables and attitude scales for dating violence were used. Results Participants: 40.5% consist of Medical faculty, 25.90% Pharmacy faculty and 33.5% Dentistry faculty students. Male participants 'attitudes cores towards psychological violence by men in flirting were higher than female participants' attitudescores towards psychological violence by men. When the attitude scales of the participants towards flirting violence were evaluated according to the faculty they studied, no significant difference was found. Conclusions This research has revealed that, like many studies in the literature, men's attitude scores towards dating violence are higher than women. While there is a statistically positive relationship between violence attitude scores towards cigarette smoking;there is a negative relationship between the duration of flirting and violence attidue scores. Key messages The dating violence is preventable health problem. The dating violence is silent war.

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