Assessing the Relation Between Attitudes Towards Gender Roles and Domestic Violence of Nursing And Paramedic Students

Year 2018, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 160 - 165, 28.09.2018

Emel Bahadır Yılmaz Fatma Öz

https://doi.org/10.5152/clinexphealthsci.2017.459

Cited By: 3

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of study was to assess the relation between attitudes

towards gender roles and domestic violence of nursing and paramedic students in a

country in the north east of our country.

Methodology: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was used. The study population

consisted of 205 nursing and paramedic students in 2014-2015 academic year.

The sample consisted of 160 students. Data were collected with the “Demographic

Information Form”, “The Attitudes Towards Domestic Violence Scale (ATDV)”, and

“The Gender Roles Attitudes Scale (GRA)”. Data were analysed using descriptive

statistics such as number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, median, 25th

quarter and 75th quarter, Spearman’s correlation analysis, and Mann Whitney U test.

Results: The students had equalitarian gender roles and positive attitudes towards

domestic violence. Spearman’s correlation analysis indicated a positive moderate

relation between the attitudes towards gender roles and domestic violence of the

students (r=0.670, p<0.05). Female students had more egalitarian attitudes towards

gender roles and more positive attitudes towards domestic violence than male

students (p<0.05).

Discussion: In conclusion, there is the relation between attitudes towards gender

roles and domestic violence of nursing and paramedic students. In order that students

can have positive attitudes towards domestic violence, inclusion of gender equality

course in the curriculum has been recommended.

Keywords

Nursing students, paramedic students, domestic violence, gender roles attitudes

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