The Loneliness Levels as the Predictor of University Students' Violence Tendency.

Autor: SOYLU, Gamze, KUMCAGIZ, Hatice
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Zdroj: International Online Journal of Educational Sciences; Nov2019, Vol. 11 Issue 5, p189-199, 11p
Abstrakt: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between violence tendency and loneliness levels of university students according to various variables. To this end, the study used a correlational survey design. The sample consisted of 596 students studying at different faculties of Cumhuriyet University in the 2017-2018 academic year. The data were collected using the Attitude towards Violence Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale, and a Personal Information Form. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics and one-way multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), and simple linear regression. The results of the analysis showed that male students had significantly greater violence tendency compared to female students, while there was no significant difference in loneliness according to gender. There was no significant difference between the students' violence tendency and loneliness levels according to the variable of exposure to maternal violence. On the other hand, it was found that there was a significant relationship between the variables of exposure to paternal violence and the level of violence tendency of students while there was no significant relationship between loneliness level and exposure to paternal violence. The violence tendency and loneliness levels differed significantly by the variable of witnessing parental violence. There was a low positive correlation between students' violence tendency and loneliness levels. Additionally, as the levels of loneliness increase, so does violence tendency. The findings were discussed in light of the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index