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

Year 2024, Volume: 21 Issue: 4, 238 - 252, 07.08.2024

Esra Çetinöz , Fatmatüz Zehra Pehlivan , Eda Aslan

https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1505938

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Violence, Violence Tendency, Moral Maturity, Attitudes Towards Physical Violence

Şiddet Eğilimi ve Ahlaki Olgunluğun Fiziksel Şiddete Yönelik Tutumlara Etkisinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Günümüzde şiddet, modern toplumun üstesinden gelmekte zorlandığı en önemli bireysel ve toplumsal sorunlardan birisidir. Toplumda şiddeti önlemenin ya da en azından azaltabilmenin ilk şartı ise öncelikle onunla ilişkili biyopsikososyal etkenleri belirleyebilmektir. Bu nedenle bu çalışma, şiddetle ilgili bazı psikolojik faktörleri aydınlatmayı hedeflemiştir. Bu amaçla çalışmada şiddet eğilimi ve ahlaki olgunluğun, fiziksel şiddete yönelik tutumlar üzerindeki etkileri incelenmiştir. Çalışmaya 18-65 yaş aralığında toplam 398 kişi gönüllü olarak katılmıştır. Çalışmada, rastlantısal olmayan örnekleme yöntemlerinden gelişigüzel (haphazard) örnekleme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın veri toplama araçları Demografik Bilgi Formu, Ahlaki Olgunluk Ölçeği, Şiddet Eğilimi Ölçeği, Şiddete Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği ve Çocukluk Çağı İyiliksever Deneyimleri (BCEs) Ölçeğidir. Veriler betimsel istatistiklerin yanı sıra Pearson Korelasyon Analizi ve Hiyerarşik Doğrusal Regresyon ile analiz edilmiştir. Bulgular araştırma modelinin, fiziksel şiddete yönelik tutumlardaki toplam varyansın %19'unu açıklayabildiği sonucunu ortaya koymuştur. Bununla birlikte fiziksel şiddete yönelik tutumlardaki değişimin %17'si şiddete eğilimle açıklanırken, sadece %2'si ahlaki olgunlukla açıklanabilmiştir. Dolayısıyla araştırma şiddet eğiliminin, fiziksel şiddete yönelik tutumun önemli bir belirleyicisi olduğuna işaret etmektedir. Elde edilen bulguların fiziksel şiddetin önlenmesinde hem teorik hem de pratik çabalar açısından önemli olduğu ve bu alanda daha kapsamlı ve geniş bir bakış açısına ışık tutacağı düşünülmektedir.

Keywords

Şiddet, Şiddet Eğilimi, Ahlaki Olgunluk, Fiziksel Şiddete Yönelik Tutumlar

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