Violence-Related Attitudes and Responsibility Perception in Cyber Dating Violence Victims and Perpetrators

Abstract

Unlike traditional dating violence, cyber dating violence that goes beyond physical and temporal boundaries is seen as a new generation social problem. Cyber dating violence is often accompanied by a traditional form of violence. In this study, possible correlations between the accepting attitudes toward violence and perceptions of responsibility of cyber dating violence victims and perpetrators were investigated. Findings show that there is a correlation between violence perpetration and the accepting attitude toward violence and the way of imputation; the difference in attitudes and responsibility perceptions of gender groups toward violence; the attitudes and responsibility perceptions toward violence of cyber dating violence victims and perpetrators differ. It is aimed to contribute to the limited literature in Turkish by discussing the results obtained in the axis of the current literature and to shed light on new research topics by sharing the identified gaps.

Keywords

• dating violence
• cyberbullying
• intimate partner violence

Siber Flört Şiddeti Mağdurları ve Faillerinde Şiddete Yönelik Tutum ve Sorumluluk Algısı

Öz

Geleneksel flört şiddetinden farklı olarak, fiziksel ve zamansal sınırların ötesine geçen siber flört şiddeti yeni nesil bir toplumsal sorun olarak görülmektedir. Siber flört şiddeti sıkça geleneksel şiddet formuyla birlikte seyretmektedir. Bu araştırmada, siber flört şiddeti mağduru ve faili bireylerin şiddete yönelik kabul edici tutumları ve sorumluluk algıları arasındaki olası ilişkiler araştırılmıştır. Bulgular, şiddet uygulama ile şiddete yönelik kabul edici tutum ve sorumluluğu atfetme biçimleri arasında ilişki olduğunu; cinsiyet gruplarının şiddete yönelik tutum ve sorumluluk algılarında farklılık bulunduğunu; siber flört şiddeti mağduru ve faili olan kişilerin şiddete yönelik tutum ve sorumluluk algılarının farklılaştığını göstermektedir. Elde edilen sonuçların güncel literatür ekseninde tartışılarak sınırlı Türkçe literatüre katkıda bulunulması ve tespit edilen boşlukların paylaşılarak yeni araştırma konularına ışık tutulması hedeflenmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• flört şiddeti
• siber zorbalık
• yakın partner şiddeti

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