Prevalence of Violence Tendency in Adolescents

Volume: 8 Number: 1 March 1, 2015
  • Özlem Haskan Avcı
  • İbrahim Yıldırım
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Prevalence of Violence Tendency in Adolescents

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the extensiveness of violence tendency to depending on individual and family factors in adolescents. For this purpose, information has been collected from 899 high school students educated in state schools located in Adana province. Violence Tendency Scale (VTS) developed by Haskan and Yıldırım (2012) has been used in order to determine the violence tendency levels of the students. The prevalence of students’ tendency has been tested with chi-square. When analyzed in terms of individual characteristics, violence tendency has been found more extensive in boys rather than girls, and more extensive in the students watching violence and heroic movies. When it is analyzed in terms of family factors, violence tendency has been found to be more spread with the students experiencing violence at home, and having families using alcohol compared to the ones experiencing neither violence nor alcohol cases. Moreover, students whose fathers work and earn money display more tendency to violence than the ones whose fathers doesn’t make money by working. Besides, students having family members in prison have been understood to be more tend to violence.

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Özlem Haskan Avcı This is me

İbrahim Yıldırım This is me

Publication Date

March 1, 2015

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March 1, 2015

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Year 2015 Volume: 8 Number: 1

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Haskan Avcı, Ö., & Yıldırım, İ. (2015). Prevalence of Violence Tendency in Adolescents. Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences, 8(1), 106-124. https://izlik.org/JA48ZZ35RA