Violence Tendency Research Articles

Playfulness, parody, and carnival: Catchphrases and mood on the Chinese Internet from 2003 to 2015

The study examines the patterns and conditions of catchphrases on the Chinese Internet from 2003 to 2015 and their social, political, and cultural implications. Through investigating online catchphrases from a critical-historical perspective, the study develops a refined typology that reveals the patterns underlying online catchphrases, such as (1) the tendency of labeling, (2) the tendency of framing, (3) the tendency of violence, and (4) the tendency of emptying-out. These trends are roughly threaded by a transition of discursive genres—playfulness, parody, and carnival. The findings suggest that the functions of online popular communication shift from social criticism to identity formation. It reflects social transformations in a period that witnessed ideologies gradually losing grip and the growing nihilism in value systems in China.

Mediation Effects of Delinquent Youth’s Self-resilience on the Relationship between their Perception of Negative Parenting Attitudes and School Violence Tendency

Mediation Effects of Delinquent Youth’s Self-resilience on the Relationship between their Perception of Negative Parenting Attitudes and School Violence Tendency

Effect of Defense Styles and Social Support on the Tendency of Violence among Adolescents

Effect of Defense Styles and Social Support on the Tendency of Violence among Adolescents

FEATURES OF LEGAL PRECEDING INITIATIONS ON AFFAIRS IMPLEMENTATING EXTREMIST ACTIVITY

Study of crimes connected with implementation of extremist activity as negative social and legal phenomenon is especially significant now. Firstly it is connected with aggravation of the social conflicts in the Russian society in general, violence tendency and different illegal ways of their solution. At present stage of criminogenic situation development the number of crimes connected with extremist activity, terrorism and also with arousing hatred and hostility on the bases of sex, races, nationalities, the relations to religion, belonging to this or that social group grows in our country. Such crimes are most often committed by speech. This speech becomes proof of criminal cases connected with implementation of extremist activity. Acts provided by Art. 280, 282 2822 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation [4] belong to crimes of extremist orientation committed by means of speech. It is necessary to have special linguistic knowledge to ascertain the truth on specified cases. Such crimes are committed by means of speech - oral or written. Conclusions of experts’ researches are important not only for making decision on excitement or on refusal in initiation of legal proceedings, but also for correct qualification of criminal action. Analysis of law-enforcement practice of such crimes investigation shows that there are some problems connected with conducting linguistic examination at a stage of legal proceedings initiation. Inopportuneness of the investigator who sends material for carrying out a research which contains extremism can significantly increase time of legal proceedings initiation.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VIOLENCE TENDENCY LEVELS OF 11- 19 AGED CHILDREN WHO ATTEND TO SUMMER SCHOOL AND THEIR BEHAVIORS TOWARDS FAIR PLAY IN SPORTS

It is about the increase of behaviors close to the desired fair play in sports environments and the decrease in behavior towards violence. It is important for these behaviors to be identified from small age groups and to take necessary precautions and interventions for the future. The aim of the study in this context is to examine the relationship between the level of violence and the behaviors of children towards fair play in sports whose ages change between 11 and 19 attending summer sports school. The research group consists of 226 children aged 11-19 who go to summer sports school in 2015 in Osmaniye province voluntarily participating in the study. The Violence Tendency Scale developed by Goka, Bayat and Turkcapar (1995) was used to obtain data on the level of violence. In order to obtain the level of behavior for the flight play, Sezen-Balcikanli (2009) developed by Vallerand et al. Multi-Dimensional Sportsmanship Orientation Scale adapted to Turkish was used. While there was no significant difference between the groups according to their gender and branches in the evaluation of violence tendency levels of children aged 11-19 participating in the study, there was a significant difference between the groups according to their age and income status of their families. Negative correlations were found between the levels of violence of children aged 11-19 participating in the study and the behavioral levels and subscales of fair play in sports. As a result, the level of behavior towards fair play increases when the level of violence tendency of children between the ages of 11-19 attending summer sports academy decreases. Article visualizations:

An Analysis of the Relationship Between High School Students' Tendency Toward Violence, Self-Esteem, and Competitive Attitude.

This study analyzes the relationship among high school students' tendencies toward violence, self-esteem, and competitive attitudes. It was conducted in Fethiye, Muğla, between September 2013 and January 2014. The population of the study consisted of 6,531 students from 11 high schools. The participants were determined using stratified random sampling, and the study data were collected from 1,600 students. A personal information form, the Violence Tendency Scale, the Competitive Attitude Scale, and the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Scale were used as data collection tools. In this study, the rate of the participants who were exposed to violence was 15.4%. Of them, 46.2% said that one of their family members was violent toward them, while 27.3% said that their teachers had been violent toward them. Of the participants that were exposed to violence, 55.8% reported psychological violence, 27.3% reported physical violence, and 10.8% reported sexual violence. In the study, tendency toward violence is a dependent variable, while competitive attitude and self-esteem are independent variables. Family type, exposure to violence, and demographics are control variables. Age, class, school, family attitude, and exposure to violence are the variables that created significant differences in the tendency for violence. The present study showed that there was an inverse and weak yet significant relationship between the students' tendencies toward violence and competitiveness (r = -.169), and a positive and weak relationship between tendency toward violence and self-esteem (r = .238). Also, there was an inverse and low-level significant relationship between competitiveness and self-esteem (r = -.121). The variables which affect the tendency toward violence are gender, exposure to violence, competitiveness, age, self-esteem, and extended family type in a descending order regarding their importance. The predictive power of the variables on the tendency toward violence was 16.8%, which is not statistically significant.

Causes and cures XIV: Nonviolence approaches

Abstract The past several years have been a landmark moment for violence prevention, with renewed attention on the part of many international agencies, but especially the United Nations, with its adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development . The latter invites the world community to collaborate in an inclusive, long-ranging vision for the future, highlighting our interdependence and collective responsibility for humanity's future. A growing awareness that preventing violence does not just reduce death and disability but promotes creativity, economic growth, and general well-being is at the heart of this “movement”. An integration not only of the major disciplines but of various practical approaches is timely, and for this to occur, we require a broader overview of our existing societal structures. In this context, this fifteen article series modeled after a Global Health Studies course entitled, “Violence: Causes and Cures,” reviews the mechanisms that society has used in an attempt to stem violence. Continuing the transition from the “law and order” to the health model, this article examines the power of nonviolence. Contrary to current assumptions, far from being passive or ineffective, nonviolent methods have demonstrated to bring down empires, to topple regimes, and to effectuate long-lasting peace—at greater frequency than violent means. Starting with the personal level, and drawing upon the various spiritual traditions, nonviolence may delve into the depths that are necessary for countering our complex tendency for violence. Nonviolence gives us the lesson that peace is possible, not just by stemming destructive forces, but through fostering constructive ones.

The Relationship among High School Physical Education Class Satisfaction, School Life Stress, and School Violence Tendency

The Relationship among High School Physical Education Class Satisfaction, School Life Stress, and School Violence Tendency

Peer Victimization, Trait Anger and Alienation as Predictors of Violence Tendency in Adolescents

The primary purpose of the current study is to investigate the relationship between the violence tendency in adolescents and peer victimization, trait anger and alienation. The secondary purpose of the study is to look at the relationship between age and gender and violence tendency. The study group of the current research is comprised of 644 adolescents (277 female adolescents and 367 male adolescents), selected from two different types of high school (Anatolian High School and Vocational High School). The ages of the participating adolescents are in the age group of 14-19 years old and their mean age is 15.81 years. In the current study, the Violence Tendency Scale, Peer Victimization Scale, State-Trait Anger Expression Styles and Student Alienation Scale were employed in order to collect data. The results of the analyses revealed that trait anger, alienation and peer victimization significantly predict violence tendency. These three variables together explain 45% of the variance in violence tendency. In a similar manner, it was found that gender and age significantly predict violence tendency and these two variables together explain 7% of the variance in violence tendency. The findings obtained from the study were discussed and interpreted in light of the literature

An Examination of Violent and Empathic Tendencies in Adolescents by Different Variables

The goal of this research was to study the violent and empathic tendencies of adolescents according to different variables and to determine the correlation levels between these tendencies. For this purpose, the relational survey and causal-comparative model were used. The research was conducted on 513 adolescents (319 females and 194 males), with no disabilities, from two-parent families, and attending the 9th, 10th, and 11th grades of Anadolu high schools and Anadolu teacher-training high schools in Yozgat, which are affiliated with the Ministry of Education. The data were collected by means of the Student Information Form, the Violent Tendency Scale, and the adolescent form of the Child and Adolescent KA-SI Empathic Tendency Scale. All the results at a level of (p<0.05) have been accepted as statistically significant. The results of the research have revealed that the type of school, sex, and grade create statistically significant differences between aggression score values (p<0.05). While the type of school and grade do not lead to any statistically significant difference between emotional, cognitive, and total empathy scores (p>0.05), gender does. The correlation analysis results have established that there is a statistically significant weak positive correlation (p<0.05) between the aggression score and the following: emotional empathy score, cognitive empathy score, and total empathy score (p<0.05).

Mobbing Exposure of Anaesthesiology Residents in Turkey.

In recent years, psychological problems that are caused by working conditions, like burn out syndrome, are more commonly observed. In our study, we aimed to evaluate mobbing exposure, factors causing mobbing and precautions for mobbing in residency students who are educated in anaesthesiology and reanimation clinics in Turkey. After obtaining consent from the ethics committee, we sent our questionnaires to the secretariats of the departments by postal mail. Completed questionnaires were collected in our department's secretariat blindly and randomly mixed. One hundred and one participants were returned the questionnaires. Data was statistically analysed in SPSS 21.0 software programme. During residency programme, sated to have experienced mobbing one or more time. Interestingly, 5.9% participants complained of physical mobbing. Mobbing exposure was more common in females. The most serious new onset psychosomatic symptoms stated during residency were committing suicide (2%), addiction (16%), severe depression (18%), panic attack (8%), more accidents (7%) and tendency of violence (15%). In mobbing group there was statistically significant dissatisfaction rate. In professions where mobbing is common, incidences of psychiatric diseases and suicide attempts are high are increased. Who are under risk for experiencing mobbing should be noticed carefully to ensure good judgement and problems should be inspected objectively in a detailed manner. Anesthesiology societies and other medical professional societies should establish mobbing committees. Thus, mobbing problems can be resolved and healthy career oppurtunities can be presented to residents.

Community Effect of Alcoholism: A Photovoice Study in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Saint Vincent/Grenadines Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment have been collaborating since 2012 in addressing the plight of alcoholism in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). SVG is a middle-income country with few resources available for those who suffer from alcohol use disorders, and these efforts have centered on establishing and monitoring alcohol self-help groups based on the "Alcoholics Anonymous model" (AA model) in several communities in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. In the summer of 2014, the efforts evolved to include an in-depth investigation of the experience of members of self-help group members via the qualitative research method known as Photovoice. Photovoice is a community based participatory research method in which a set of research questions are explored qualitatively through photographs, interviews, and focus groups. In June 2014, a Photovoice project was established with the longest running self-help group on the island of Saint Vincent in the fishing community of Barrouallie. This project consisted of three rounds of photo-taking, individual interviews, and focus groups, and analysis of the data revealed a number of broad themes relevant to perceptions about the impact of problematic drinking and about drinkers themselves; about the applicability of the AA model in SVG; and about factors that may perpetuate or mitigate problem drinking. It was evident that current and recovering alcoholics believed that there were different types of drinkers who because of their gender, public drinking or tendency for violence could be labeled as "irresponsible." These findings suggest areas for future interventions and research in SVG.

The Influence of a Problematic Language Usage by Staffs in the Television Entertainment Programs on the Program Interest and Viewers’ Violent Tendency

The Influence of a Problematic Language Usage by Staffs in the Television Entertainment Programs on the Program Interest and Viewers’ Violent Tendency

Perception of Social Studies Teachers on Home Factors Contributing to Violent Behavior among Teenagers in Osun State, Nigeria

The study examined the perception of Social Studies teachers on home factors contributing to violent behaviour among teenagers. It also identified the causes of violent behaviour among teenagers and highlighted the methods of resolving violent behaviour among teenagers. This was with a view of curbing violent behaviour among teenagers. The study adopted survey design. The population for this study consisted of teachers in Junior Secondary Schools in the state. A total of 115 teachers were purposively selected in Osun State Junior Secondary Schools. All the selected teachers were Social Studies teachers. The questionnaire titled “Teachers’ Perception of Home Factors Contributing to Violent Behaviour among Teenagers” (TPHFCVB) was developed by the investigators to elicit information from the respondents and their responses were subsequently analysed with the use of Frequency Distribution Tables, Percentages and Factor Analysis. Results showed that 6 principal components explained nearly 73% of the variability in the original 21 variables. Also the results revealed that there were six home factors contributing to violent behaviour among teenagers which were: single parenting, over confidence, poor home, over protection and dependency on family, poor relationship between parents and children and coming from wealthy home. However, it was shown that 3 principal components explained nearly 70% of the variability in the original 11 variables. The first component highly correlated with being victims of physical abuse, exposure to violent films and increased stress and conflicts. The results further revealed that 7 variables had very high values that were very close to 1. This proved that all these variables were good methods of resolving violent behaviour among teenagers. The study concluded and inferred that there were several home and generic factors contributing to violent behaviour among teenagers in Osun State. However, organizing sex education and parenting programmes by the school couple with monitoring the type of films children watch can go a long way in suppressing violent tendency among teenagers.

Estrategia Nacional de Seguridad

According to the former president Felipe Calderon, the National Security Strategy designed to overcome the danger posed by the organized crime was able to curb the tendency of violence by the end of his Administration. This article intends to evaluate such statement using data published by INEGI and the Finance Ministry. We correlate the amounts of public money spent in security tasks with the number of homicides per year to estimate the level of efficiency; we also focus on those federal entities, which received more support by the National Security Strategy and analyze them in terms of homicides in three different periods. At the end, other variables like kidnappings, extortion and unemployment are included in the analysis to see to what extent they could probably have been part of the violence during 2006–2012.

The new face of violence tendency:Cyber bullying perpetrators and their victims

The present study examines the role of violence tendecy on cyberbullying perpetrations and their victims. Turkish adolescents [N = 286, 167 girls (58,4%) and 119 boys (41,6%)] aged 15–18 years [mean age of 17.6 years (df:0.78)] were recruited from different high school types [101 (35.4%) of the participants were students in vocational high school, 88 (30.7%) anatolian high school and 97 (33.9%) public high school]. Participants completed Revised Cyber Bullying Inventory (RCBI, Topçu & Erdur-Baker, 2010) and Violence Tendency Scale (VTS, Haskan & Yıldırım, 2012). Collected data were analyzed Pearson correlation coefficients and simple regression. Pearson correlations revealed that violence tendency was positively related to cyberbullying perpetration (r = 0.344, p < 0.01). Also, violence tendency was positively related to cyber victimization (r = 0.242, p < 0.01). Also simple regressions revealed that violence tendency was significant individual predictors both cyberbullying perpetration and cyber victimization.

Effects of Peace Education Program on the Violence Tendencies and Social Problem Solving Skills of Students

The objective of this study was to examine the effects of Peace Education Program on the violence tendencies and social problem solving skills of ninth grade students. The research was carried out using a pretest-posttest-follow-up test control group quasi-experimental design. The study group consisted of a total of 142 students (girls n=72, 51%; boys n=70, 49%), 46 (girls n=24, 52%; boys n=22, 48%) of which were in the experimental group, 48 (girls n=24, 50%; boys n=24, 50%) were in the control group and 48 (girls n=24, 50%; boys n=24, 50%) were in the placebo group. The research was carried out at the western region of our country during the 2013-2014 academic year in Anatolian high schools where mostly children of middle socioeconomic status families are educated and where interpersonal conflicts are frequently observed. The ages of the participants ranged between 14 and 16 ( X = 14.70, ss= .53). Violence Tendency Scale and Social Problem-Solving Inventory-Revised were used as measurement instruments. The research findings indicated that violence tendencies of students in the experimental group decreased and social problem solving skills increased significantly in comparison with those of the students in the control and placebo groups.

Predictors of violence and depression: the case of adolescents in Turkey.

Violence is a leading problem that has a negative impact on daily living. Today, it continues to be an important topic owing to its widespread occurrence, especially among the youth. The main objective of this study is to specify the predictors that influence violence and depression observed among youth aged 15-18 years. While some of these factors are individual (age, gender, flirting, sports. etc.), the subjects' background, such as the family's education level, sibling number, etc., were investigated as social and environmental factors. In the survey, data were obtained from 109 high school students receiving education in a private teaching institution using a structured questionnaire technique. With regards the reliability of the survey, equal numbers of boys and girls were chosen from each year in high school lasting for 4 years. After asking questions that aim to obtain students' sociodemographic features, their depression level was surveyed using the Beck Depression Scale; meanwhile, the Violence Tendency Scale was used to survey their tendency to be violent. Findings revealed that some individual and domestic features of adolescents have significant impacts on their tendencies towards violence and depression.

Childhood abuse impact on clinical and personality characters among anxiety associated depressive patients

Objective To explore the childhood abuse impact on clinical and personality characters among anxiety associated depressive patients. Methods A case-control method was taken among 86 anxiety associated depression patients, 36 cases with childhood abuse and controlled with 50 cases without childhood abuse.HAMD, HAMA, CECA-Q, MMPI were used to evaluate the participants, and the scores of the results were compared between the two groups. Results For the HAMD, the group with CA were significantly higher than the group without CA(t=7.079, P<0.05). From the point of factor scores, there was not a significant difference between the two groups among the factors such as anxiety somatization, cognitive impairment, and hopelessness.From the point of view of the total scores of HAMA (t=3.108)and spiritual anxiety(t=4.037), somatic anxiety (t=2.742) the CA group was significantly higher than group without CA(P <0.05). In the patients with CA the psychoticism(P)(t=2.794) and neuroticism(N)(t=3.217) factors were significantly higher than patients without CA(P <0.05). MMPI evaluation results showed accept ance T points in addition to lie(L), calibration(K), male woman(Mf), light mania(Ma), the CA group were significantly higher than the group without CA(P <0.05). T points to compare two groups of MMPI additional factor scale, the adaptation to the society(A), emotional intelligence(EQ), decision-making ability(DE), CA group were lower than the group without CA, violence(VL), traffic accident(DR) and addiction(SA) with CA group was higher than the group without CA(P <0.05). The regression analysis showed that the emotional neglect score and HAMD scores were positively related in the relationship of the childhood abuse and depression.Y=3.729+ 0.887 X(P=0.000). Sexual abuse score and HAMD scores were related, regression analysis showed that the Y=9.799+ 0.655 X(P=0.000). Conclusions The clinical patients with CA have more severe symptoms than the patients without CA. Personality is extraversion more emotionally unstable.Their emotional intelligence and decision-making comprehensive ability is low, and violence tendency is obvious.Emotional neglect and sexual abuse have an important impact in the pathogenesis of the disease. Key words: Depression with anxious; Childhood abuse; Personality character

The Effects of Positive Psychological Capital and Negative Feelings on Students’ Violence Tendency

In this study, it was aimed to determine the effects of psychological capital and negative feelings of students on their violence tendency. A sample of 745 high school students agreed to participate in this study. For each scale, the exploratory factor analysis and the confirmatory factor analysis were performed. Then, the sum of each scale was taken and the data were analysed using the structural equation approach. The results of this study show that students’ psychological capital reduces their violence tendency through their reduced negative feelings such as anxiety, stress and burnout. It would be beneficial for school managers and teachers to invest in strengthening psychological capital levels of their students if they want to reduce their violence tendency.