Determination of University Student Attitudes Toward Violence

Hande Sahin,Sibel Erkal

doi:10.18844/gjhss.v3i3.1585

Abstract

This study aims to determine university student attitudes toward violence with respect to their individual characteristics. The sample group of the study comprised 353 students attending the Department of Child Development and the Department of Nursing at Kirikkale University Faculty of Health Sciences. In the study, the â€œAdolescentsâ€™ Attitudes towards Violence Scale (ATVS)â€ served as the data collection tool. In data analysis, standard deviation, arithmetic mean, the Mann-Whitney U Test and the Kruskal-Wallis H Test were used. There was statistically significant difference in student attitudes towards violence with respect to age, gender and year at university (p<0.05).More research should be conducted to identify other factors associated with attitudes toward violence than age, gender and year at university.Keywords: Adolescentsâ€™ Attitudes towards Violence Scale; attitudes toward violence; university students

Highlights

According to the definition by the World Health Organization, violence is the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation (WHO, 2013)
The population of this study aimed at determining university student attitudes toward violence comprised the students attending the Department of Child Development and the Department of Nursing at Kirikkale University Faculty of Health Sciences
Determination of adolescent attitudes toward violence and the underlying factors is essential to the prevention of violence

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Introduction

According to the definition by the World Health Organization, violence is the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation (WHO, 2013). The terms violence and aggression are often used interchangeably, violence is a predominantly physical form of aggression with a high rate of injury (Haskan & Yildirim, 2012). Research on the subject shows that propensity for violence is a coping mechanism for the child to feel secure, and that the adoption of cognitive strategies to normalize aggressive behavior perpetuates the problem (Kilic, 2012)

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