Violence Tendency Research Articles

Investigation Of The Relationship Between Empathic Anger And Violence Tendency In Nurses

Introduction: While empathy is generally regarded as a positive trait, the emergence of empathic anger among nurses can have adverse effects on their mental well-being and, more importantly, on their tendency for violence. Aim: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between empathic anger and violence tendencies in nurses. Method: The study was carried out as a cross-sectional study. This study was conducted on 348 nurses who agreed to participate in the research working in a hospital in Erzurum, Turkey. The study data were collected with a personal information form, empathic anger scale, and violence tendency scale. The research data were analyzed using SPSS (Version 22.0). The analyses included the Shapiro-Wilk and Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests, as well as descriptive statistics such as frequency percentages, means, standard deviations, medians, percentiles, maximum and minimum values. Additionally, One-Way ANOVA and independent samples t-tests were employed. Results: It was found that the mean Emphatic Anger Scale scores score of the nurses included in the study was 23.20 ± 5.66, and the Violence Tendencies Scale score was 44.35 ± 11.01. It was found that there was a positive, statistically significant relationship between the Emphatic Anger Scale scores and Violence Tendencies Scale mean scores of the nurses (p < 0.001). Regression analysis shows that the Empathic Anger Scale has a significant and positive effect on violent tendencies (B = 0.601, p < 0.0001 ). Conclusion: It was determined that the nurses' empathic anger and violence tendencies levels were above the average. As a result, it shows that empathic anger in nurses has a significant and positive effect on violent tendencies . In addition, it was determined that as the empathic anger levels of the nurses increased, their level of violence tendencies also increased. Keywords: Angry; empathic; nurse; tendencies; violence.

Investigation of the Effects of Violence Tendency and Moral Maturity on Attitudes Towards Physical Violence

Today, violence is one of the most important individual and social problems that modern society still has difficulty overcoming. The first condition for preventing or at least reducing violence in society is to be able to determine the biopsychosocial factors related to it. Therefore, the present study aimed to understand some of the psychological factors related to violence, and examined the effects of violence tendency and moral maturity on attitudes towards physical violence. A total of 398 people between the ages of 18-65 voluntarily participated in the study. The participants were selected via a haphazard sampling method, which is one of the non-random sampling methods. Demographic Information Form, The Scale of Moral Maturity, The Violence Tendency Scale, The Scale of Attitudes on Violence and The Benevolent Childhood Experiences (BCEs) Scale were used to collect the data. The results were analyzed with descriptive statistics as well as Pearson Correlation Analysis and Hierarchical Linear Regression. The results revealed that the research model explains 19% of the total variance in attitudes towards physical violence. While 17% of the change in attitudes towards physical violence was explained by the tendency to violence, only 2% was explained by moral maturity. So, the research indicates that violence tendency is an important determinant of attitudes towards physical violence. The findings are believed to be significant for the prevention of physical violence, both theoretically and in terms of practical efforts, and shed light on a more comprehensive and wider perspective in this field.

‘I’m not a martyr, I’m a terrorist’: the Cospito affair and the rejection of martyrdom in insurrectionary anarchism

ABSTRACT While self-sacrifice and martyrdom are considered an important component in several forms of violent extremism, including jihadism and even sectors of violent right-wing extremism, very few works have looked at the presence of these narratives and practices in today’s violent left-wing and anarchist extremism. This article aims to help fill this gap, paying attention to insurrectionary anarchism, an understudied violent extremist tendency within the diverse anarchist galaxy. In particular, the paper focuses on Alfredo Cospito, a well-known and influential exponent of this transnational clandestine movement, convicted of terrorism in Italy in 2013, and his widely publicized prison hunger strike in 2022–2023, drawing upon primary and secondary sources. During his long hunger strike to protest against detention conditions, Cospito knowingly risked his life for the cause but at the same time he explicitly rejected the idea of martyrdom with scorn. Building on this emblematic case, the paper explores the reasons why contemporary insurrectionary anarchists are reluctant to accept and promote the powerful social construct of martyrdom, with an emphasis on cultural and organizational constraints.

Perceived Self-Regulation and Violence Tendency: Psychological Implications in Turkey

This study aims to investigate the relationship between perceived self-regulation life satisfaction and violence tendencies. This study uses a quantitative approach. The sample in this study consisted of 340 participants from the entire class population. Data was collected using a questionnaire book guided by a Likert scale of 1 to 5. Data analysis was carried out in several stages, namely self-regulation scale analysis, tendency scale analysis and life scale analysis. These findings indicate a positive correlation between perceived self-regulation and life satisfaction, as well as a negative relationship between perceived self-regulation and violent tendencies. The predictive role of perceived self-regulation on life satisfaction is apparent, although the relationship between violent tendencies and life satisfaction remains ambiguous. This research shows that perceived self-regulation plays an essential role in an individual's well-being and that good self-regulation has a lower likelihood of violence.

Violence tendency and internet addiction in adolescents.

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between internet addiction and violence tendency in adolescent students and the factors affecting violence tendency. The research was conducted on 2,648 middle school students in Turkey. A socio-demographic form, the Young Internet Addiction Scale, and the Violence Tendency Scale were used to collect data. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. It was determined that there was a significant positive relationship between the Young Internet Addiction Scale and the Violence Tendency Scale. Age has a positive effect on violence tendency levels. These findings suggest that the variables of age and internet addiction contribute to the occurrence of violence tendency. Psychiatric nurses should plan trainings and evaluate its effectiveness to raise awareness.

Takım Sporları Sporcularının Değerler ve Şiddet Eğilimleri Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Bu çalışmanın amacı İç Anadolu Bölgesinde takım sporları yapan spor bilimleri fakültesi öğrencilerinin değerler ve şiddet eğilimlerinin karşılaştırmalı incelenmesidir. Araştırmanın evrenini İç Anadolu Bölgesinde takım sporları yapan Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi öğrencileri oluşturmaktadır, araştırmanın örneklemi ise Ankara, Konya, Sivas, Karaman illerinde takım sporları yapan 405 Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi öğrencisi oluşturmaktadır. Verilerin toplama aracı olarak araştırmacı tarafından hazırlanan Kişisel Bilgi Formunun yanı sıra Bireysel değerler Envanteri ve Takım Sporları Şiddet Eğilim ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Veriler JAMOVI programı kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Verilerin normalliği çarpıklık ve basıklık gibi betimsel istatistiklere dayalı olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre uygun istatistiksel yöntemler kullanılmıştır.. Bulgulara göre katılımcıların bireysel değer envanteri alt boyutları incelendiğinde değerlere yönelik ortalamalar yüksek bulunmuştur. Takım sporları şiddet eğilimi ölçeği alt boyutları incelendiğinde bireylerin şiddet eğilim ortalaması düşük bulunmuştur. Cinsiyet, sınıf, branş değişkenlerine göre çeşitli alt boyutlarda anlamlı fark bulunmuştur. Bireysel değerler ve şiddet eğilimleri arasındaki ilişkiyi değerlendirmek için yapılan korelasyon testine göre orta düzeyde negatif yönde ilişki bulunmuştur. Sonuç olarak bireylerin değer ve şiddet eğilimleri çeşitli değişkenlere göre farklılık göstermektedir ve değerlere yönelik algıları yüksek olan bireylerin şiddet eğilimleri düşüktür.

Meslek Lisesi Öğrencilerinde Sosyal Medya ve Bilgisayar Oyunları ile Şiddet Eğilimi Arasındaki İlişki / The Relationship Between Social Media and Computer Games and Violence Tendency in Vocational High School Students

Bu araştırma sosyal medya ve bilgisayar oyunları kullanımı ile meslek lisesi öğrencilerinin şiddet eğilimleri arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırma kapsamında ayrıca öğrencilerin cinsiyetleri, okudukları bölümleri, sınıf düzeyleri ve aile içi şiddete maruz kalma durumları değişkenlerinin şiddet eğilimleriyle ilişkisi de ele alınmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemini 2022-2023 eğitim öğretim yılında ………’de bir meslek lisesinde öğrenimine devam eden 9, 10 ve 11. sınıf olmak üzere toplam 181 öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. İlişkisel tarama modelinin kullanıldığı araştırmada veri toplama araçları olarak Haskan ve Yıldırım (2012) tarafından geliştirilen “Şiddet Eğilimi Ölçeği” ile katılımcıların demografik özellikleri, bilgisayar ve sosyal medya kullanımları hakkında bilgi almak amacıyla araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan “Kişisel Bilgi Formu” kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada iki bağımsız grup arasındaki fark için Bağımsız Örneklem t Testi, ikiden fazla bağımsız grup karşılaştırılmasında ise Tek Yönlü Varyans Analizi (ANOVA) uygulanmış ve fark bulunduğu durumda fark yaratan grubu bulmak için Bonferroni kullanılmıştır. Analiz sonucunda öğrencilerin aile içinde şiddet varlığı durumlarına, sosyal medyada geçirdikleri sürelere, bilgisayar oyunu oynama durumlarına, bilgisayar oyunlarında geçirdikleri süre ve oynadıkları oyun türlerine göre Şiddet Eğilimi Ölçeği puanları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark olduğu görülmüştür.

Mediator Role of Gender Education on the Effect of Gender Perception on Violent Tendency

Bu araştırma toplumsal cinsiyet algısının şiddet eğilimine etkisinde toplumsal cinsiyet eğitiminin aracılık rolünü incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Tarama modelinin kullanıldığı çalışma, 260’ı (%46,9) erkek ve 294’ü (%53,1) olmak üzere 554 üniversite öğrencisiyle gerçekleştirilmiştir. 18-35 yaş aralığındaki katılımcıların yaş ortalaması x̄=21,16±2,07’dır. Çalışmada verilerin toplanmasında Toplumsal Cinsiyet Algısı Ölçeği ve Şiddet Eğilim Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde korelasyon ile hiyerarşik regresyon analizleri uygulanmıştır. Aracılık etkisini test etmek için Baron ve Kenny'nin (1986) üç aşamalı yaklaşımı ve Sobel testi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular, katılımcıların toplumsal cinsiyet algılarının düşük düzeyde ve şiddet eğilimlerinin orta düzeyde olduğunu göstermektedir. Katılımcıların 302’si (%54,5) toplumsal cinsiyete ilişkin eğitim alırken 252’si (%45,5) eğitim almamıştır. Yapılan analizler sonucunda toplumsal cinsiyet algısı, toplumsal cinsiyete ilişkin eğitim ve şiddet eğilimi arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu; toplumsal cinsiyet algısının şiddet eğilimi üzerindeki etkisinde toplumsal cinsiyete ilişkin eğitim almanın aracılık rolüne sahip olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Araştırma sonuçları literatürdeki çalışmalar çerçevesinde tartışılmış ve yorumlanmıştır. Araştırmanın bulgularından yola çıkarak birtakım öneriler sunulmuştur.

The Relationship Between Mental Well-Being Levels and Violence Tendencies of Team Athletes

Bu araştırmanın amacı takım sporcularının mental iyi oluş düzeyleri ile şiddet eğilimleri arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesidir. Araştırmanın örneklem grubunu 2022-2023 sezonlarında basit tesadüfi örnekleme yöntemiyle seçilen, 558 müsabık sporcu oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak “Kişisel Bilgi Formu”, “ Warwick-Edinburg Mental İyi Oluş Ölçeği (WEMİOÖ)” ve “ Takım Sporlarında Şiddet Eğilimi Ölçeği (TSŞEÖ)” kullanılmıştır. Ölçekten elde edilen puanlar için ikili karşılaştırmalarda; Mann Whitney U testi, çoklu karşılaştırmalarda; Kruskal Wallis H testi, TSŞEÖ’nün alt boyutları ile WEMİOÖ’nün arasındaki ilişki ise Pearson korelasyon testi ile analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma grubunun “WEMİOÖ” ve “TSŞEÖ” alt boyut puan ortalamalarında cinsiyet, yaş, spor yaşı, spor dalı, aylık gelir değişkenlerinde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılıklar bulunmuştur (p

Violence Tendencies of Fans According to Personal Variables

Violence Tendencies of Fans According to Personal Variables

Rivalries, reputation, retaliation, and repetition: Testing plausible mechanisms for the contagion of violence between street gangs using relational event models

AbstractThe hypothesis that violence—especially gang violence—behaves like a contagious disease has grown in popularity in recent years. Scholars have long observed the tendency for violence to cluster in time and space, but little research has focused on empirically unpacking the mechanisms that make violence contagious. In the context of gang violence, retaliation is the prototypical mechanism to explain why violence begets violence. In this study, we leverage relational event models (REMs)—an underutilized yet particularly well-suited modeling technique to study the dynamics of inter-gang violence. We use REMs to examine gang violence’s tendency to replicate—for which retaliation is but one plausible mechanism—and its tendency to diffuse to other groups. We rely on data on conflicts between gangs in a region of Los Angeles over 3 years. We consider how the characteristics of gangs, their spatial proximity, networks of established rivalries, and the evolving history, directionality, and structure of conflicts predict future inter-gang conflicts. While retaliation is an important mechanism for the replication of violence, established rivalries, and inertia—a gang’s tendency to continue attacking the same group—are more important drivers of future violence. We also find little evidence for an emerging pecking order or status hierarchy between gangs suggested by other scholars. However, we find that gangs are more likely to attack multiple gangs in quick succession. We propose that gang violence is more likely to diffuse to other groups because of the boost of internal group processes an initial attack provides.

‘I have opened the land for you’: pastoralist politics and election-related violence in Kenya’s arid north

ABSTRACT The shadow of election violence has hung over Kenyan politics since 2008, when post-election violence erupted across the country. These events paved the way for major national reforms, including the devolution of central government, designed to counteract tendencies of ethnic patronage and violence. Kenya’s subsequent election cycles have not seen the same explosion of nationwide violence, and therefore little has been written about election violence in Kenya in the post-devolution years. However, this article draws attention to the arid, pastoralist-dominated north, where there have in fact been significant episodes of violence that are election-related. Drawing on ethnographic research, it explores the case of Samburu, Isiolo and Laikipia counties during the 2017 and 2022 election cycles, when mass movements of armed pastoralists and herds forced their way, often violently, into targeted areas of land, resulting in widespread clashes, killings and displacement. The article investigates the endogenous elites and machinations within nomadic Samburu communities involved in and affected by this violence, using a ‘public authority lens’. It argues that ongoing governance changes in this region have created opportunities for political elites to mobilise territorial violence for strategic, political ends in advance of elections, including through a previously undocumented practice of “vote shipping”.

The effect of wearable technology on psychomotor agitation in patients with diagnostic patients with schizophrenia expansion and psychosis

IntroductionDue to the exacerbation of psychotic processes in acute psychiatric services, patients may exhibit risky behaviors for themselves and others. Especially, psycho-motor agitation seen in schizophrenia may result in some harmful behaviors towards him/her self or other individuals in patient. Physical restrain, or chemical restrain with psychotropic drugs can be used for ensuring the safety of the patient with a tendency toward violent behavior and to prevent harm to himself and others. These restrain methods are usually applied when they showed aggressive or violent behaviors, that is after the observed warning signs or real violent behaviors.There is no system that can evaluate and notice agitation or tendency of violence before the obvious behaviors. By using a wearable sensor system to be able to measure some biological change and to evaluate of the sensors’ ability to obtain quantitative and objective data may help the health professionals to prevent the damage in advance.ObjectivesThe aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the changes in measurements of the four wearable sensors which applied to persons with schizophrenia.MethodsTen patients who restrained in the observation room, selected for this pilot study. On the first day (13:00), which meets the criteria for inclusion in the study and the end of the insulation process (the COVID test result is negative), the first measurement was before the noon treatment. The patients’ second measurements were taken on the day they switched from parenteral to oral treatment. For measurement, the sensor circuits developed at the Physiological Analysis and Wearable Systems Research Laboratory of Koç University were connected to various parts of the body to collect the non-invasive data detailed below. In addition, including the clinical status of the patient in the experimentation process, and a positive-negative syndrome scale was also used. The data from the patient was obtained under the supervision of the clinical chief nurse for 10 minutes. Sensors were electrocardiogram (ECG) photoplethysmogram (PPG), seismocardiography (SCG), body temperature.ResultsSince some recording errors observed in two patients’ records, the data of eight patients were evaluated. Aside from one of the eight patients evaluated, the signal deviation and strength of other patients’ data increased in general. This result imply that signal deviations and strengths may be reduced during the psychomotor agitation. These deviations may suggest that this sensor system is capable to evaluate some biological changes in patients.ConclusionsConsidering the results of the pilot study, it is planned to carry out future studies with a larger sample size and longer records. With these studies, it is thought that psychomotor agitation in patients can be determined in an objective and measurable way without risk.Disclosure of InterestNone Declared

Medical Jousting: Going for the kill!

Medical Jousting: Going for the kill!

Determining the Relationship Between Noise Sensitivity Levels and Violence Tendencies of Nursing Students.

Exposure to noise has been related to aggressive behavior. As hospital noise may affect nursing students' psycho-physiological health due to their inexperience, it ;1;is important to investigate possible violent tendencies among them. Since no similar research has been found in the literature, a study has been conducted to investigate the relationship between noise sensitivity and violence tendencies among nursing students. The design of this study was cross-sectional. There were 260 nursing students (61% female) aged 18 to 24 years who filled out the Personal Information Form, Weinstein's Noise Sensitivity scale, and Violence Tendency scale. We investigated the distribution of students' noise sensitivity and violence tendencies scores in relation to age, gender, grade, and place of residence. Multiple regression analysis was performed with the noise sensitivity score and possible confounders as independent variables and the severity tendency score as a dependent variable. We found smoking to be significantly and positively associated with both noise sensitivity and violent tendencies (P < 0.001). Multiple regression analysis with smoking as a possible confounder revealed that a raise of 0.203 units on the violence tendencies scale may be expected per unit increase on the noise sensitivity scale (P < 0.001). Due to the limitations of our study, a possible relationship between nursing students' noise sensitivity and violent tendencies is tentatively pointed out. More detailed studies are needed to test this assumption.

Evlilik Öncesi Dönemdeki Çiftlerde Kadına İlişkin Namus Anlayışı ve Şiddet Eğilimi Arasındaki İlişki: Cinsiyetler Açısından Karşılaştırılmalı Bir Çalışma

Aim: This research was conducted to compare the relationship between the sense of honor towards women and the tendency to violence in premarital couples in terms of genders. &#x0D; Material and Method: The sample of this cross-sectional and comparative study consisted of 215 (Female=119, Male=96) people who applied to a public health center in eastern Turkey for their wedding ceremony. Data; The Personal Information Form was collected with the “Honor Concept Perception Toward Women Scale” (KINATO) and the “The Violence Tendency Scale” (VTS). In statistical evaluation; mean, standard deviation, percentile distribution, Cronbach’s alpha and pearson correlation analysis were used.&#x0D; Results: It was determined that the total mean score of KINATO was 54.15±15.89 in premarital women and 62.31±13.85 in men, and both genders had an undecided and traditional attitude in terms of honor. It was determined that the total point average and all sub-dimensions of KINATO and the VTS of the men in the premarital period were significantly higher than those of the women (p

THE INTERACTION OF FANATICISM AND EFANGELISM IN FOOTBALL: STRUCTURAL MODEL REVIEW

In football, the fans can be qualified as the tremendous power of teams that are thought to have a significant share in the success. The fans support their team both materially and morally by integrating with the team emotionally. Sometimes, the emotional bond possessed goes beyond the normal and results in the understanding of seeing one's team as superior to other teams. This research aims to examine the interaction between football fans' fanaticism and football team evangelism (eFANgelism). As part of the study group of the research, 448 football fans participated. Research data were collected with the football fanaticism scale and the sports eFANgelism scale. In the study, comparisons were made between fanaticism and eFANgelism in terms of the variables of the participants. Among the models created in the research, it was suggested that Model1= football fans' eFANgelism levels had a positive effect on their fanaticism, Model2= violence tendency and corporate affiliation had a positive effect on eFANgelism, and the hypothesis was tested. As a result of testing the hypotheses, H1= eFANgelism has a two-way positive and significant effect on the violence tendency of football fans (p&lt;0.01).

The effect of solution-focused approach on anger management and violent behavior in adolescents: A randomized controlled trial

BackgroundThis study was carried out to evaluate the effect of a solution-focused approach on anger management and violent behavior in adolescents. MethodThe study was an experimental and randomized controlled trial including pre-test and post-test measurements and control group. The sample of experimental (n = 24) and control groups (n = 24) of the study consisted of 48 students. A 7-session program of anger management and prevention of violent behavior based on a solution focused approach was applied to the experimental group. ResultsThere were no statistically significant differences between trait anger, anger in, anger out, anger control sub-dimensions and VTS scores of the experimental and control groups before the intervention (p > 0.05). In post-test and follow-up test, trait anger (23.32 ± 2.83) (21.10 ± 3.51), anger-out (14.95 ± 4.16) (15.50 ± 3.49) and the mean scores of VTS (30.77 ± 4.01) (32.80 ± 4.53) of the individuals in the experimental group were significantly lower, whereas their mean score of anger control (24.86 ± 3.62) (23.65 ± 4.44) were significantly higher than the control group. ConclusionSolution-oriented approach programs should be used by psychiatric nurses to provide anger management and reduce violence tendencies in adolescents.

A comparison of older and younger offenders with delusional jealousy

We sought to determine whether or not there were differences in medical, criminological and legal factors between older and younger offenders with diagnoses of delusional jealousy by undertaking a retrospective case-file search of Australian legal databases. Our results demonstrate that older offenders were more likely to have comorbid dementia whereas younger offenders were more likely to have comorbid substance use and chronic psychotic conditions. A history of domestic violence frequently predated the index offence but we were unable to determine if this was due to psychosis or a pre-existing tendency for violence. Despite a common diagnosis, the older offenders were more likely to be made forensic patients rather than sentenced prisoners when compared with the younger offenders. Consequently, different factors might mediate the pathway to violence in older and younger people suffering from delusional jealousy and could be additional targets for clinical intervention.

The Effects of the Violence Tendency Levels of Nursing Students on Their Attitudes Towards Homosexual Individuals

The Effects of the Violence Tendency Levels of Nursing Students on Their Attitudes Towards Homosexual Individuals