Abstract
:Background:The aim of this study was to investigate the tendency of violence and the factors affecting their attitudes towards domestic violence in university students studying health sciences.Methods:The research was conducted with a total of 318 voluntary students studying in the senior year of nursing department in Faculty of Nursing, Ege University, Turkey and bearing the appropriate criteria for the participation and data were collected in the period June-July 2017. “Personal Information Form”, “Violence Tendency Scale (VTS)” and “Domestic Violence Attitude Scale (DVAS)” developed by the researchers have been used in data collection. Results:The research was conducted with a total of 318 students with average age of 22.41±1.49. Av-erage VTS scores of the students were found to be 28.13±6.28. The factor effective on violence tendency has been determined to be the student’s sex. DVAS of the students has been found to be 19.90±6.76. Conclusions:Violence phenomenon directed to youth was conducted on senior university students being a more developed group socially. However, young people’s exposure to violence was found high (42.8%). Nevertheless, their scores on violence tendencies and domestic violence attitude were ascertained low.
Highlights
Violence is the intense and destructive occurrence of the feeling of hostility and anger towards people and objects.[1]
The differences violence tendency scores during the subject to domestic violence were tested by Mann Whitney U analysis and the results showed that there was a significant difference was ascertained between “the individuals exposed to domestic violence”, “the individuals rarely exposed to domestic violence” and “the individuals with no exposure to domestic violence”
The phenomenon of violence directed to youth was conducted on the senior university students being a more developed group socially
Summary
Violence is the intense and destructive occurrence of the feeling of hostility and anger towards people and objects.[1]. Along with the formation of coexistence culture, the perception of power pave the way for people to apply violence to one another.[3] Violence is a multifaceted problem related to individual thoughts, attitudes and behaviors. The aim of this study was to investigate the tendency of violence and the factors affecting their attitudes towards domestic violence in university students studying health sciences. “Personal Information Form”, “Violence Tendency Scale (VTS)” and “Domestic Violence Attitude Scale (DVAS)” developed by the researchers have been used in data collection. Conclusions: Violence phenomenon directed to youth was conducted on senior university students being a more developed group socially. Young people’s exposure to violence was found high (42.8%) Their scores on violence tendencies and domestic violence attitude were ascertained low
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