Parental Attitudes Perceived by Adolescents, and Their Tendency for Violence and Affecting Factors

Abstract

Parental attitude is an important factor for adolescents to establish healthy–unhealthy relationships with their environment and to develop a tendency for violence. This study was performed to determine parental attitudes perceived by high school students and their tendency for violence and the affecting factors. This cross-sectional correlational study was conducted with 2,000 high school students. Data were collected by a questionnaire, Parental Attitude Scale, and Violence Tendency Scale. In the study, it was found that mean scores of the students for democratic attitude were higher than protective or authoritarian attitudes. Factors such as grade level, age, sex, education level of the parents, family type, income level, number of siblings, birth order, state of being exposed to domestic violence, and tendency for violence affected perceived parental attitude. It was also determined that violence tendency of the students was at a moderate level, and students who were studying at higher grades, who were among an older age group in parallel to grade level, who were males, whose mothers were employed, whose fathers had less than an primary education, whose incomes were less than the expenses, and who experienced domestic violence showed more tendency for violence. In addition, it was determined that tendency for violence decreased as democratic parental attitudes perceived by the students increased, and tendency for violence increased as protective and authoritarian attitude increased. It is recommended to plan regular family training programs to inform families about the relationship between family attitude and tenancy for violence, to strengthen the communication between parents and children, and to support and improve parenting skills of the parents.

Determination of nursing students' tendency to violence

“…Üniversite ilk ve son sınıf hemşirelik öğrencileri ile yapılan başka bir çalışmada, ilk ve son sınıf öğrencileri arasında flört şiddeti uygulama açısından anlamlı bir farklılık olmadığı belirlenmiştir 1 . Lise öğrencileri ile yapılan iki farklı çalışmada ise; öğrencilerin sınıfları yükseldikçe şiddet eğilimlerinin arttığı saptanmıştır 4,27 . Öğrencilerin sınıfı yükseldikçe şiddet eğilimlerinin artması; öğrencilerin geleceğe yönelik kaygılarının artması, beklentilerini bulamama ya da okul arkadaşları arasındaki farklı ideolojik gruplaşmaların artması nedeniyle olabileceği düşünülebilir.…”

“…'nın Saldırganlık Ölçeği kullanarak hemşirelik öğrencileri ile yaptığı çalışmada; erkek olmanın yüksek saldırganlık eğilimi için risk faktörü olduğu belirtilmiştir 19 . Literatürde lise ve hemşirelik dışında farklı bölümlerde okuyan üniversite öğrencileri ile yapılan farklı çalışmalarda da; cinsiyet ile şiddet eğiliminin ilişkili olduğu ve erkek öğrencilerin şiddet eğilimlerinin daha fazla olduğu belirtilmektedir 4,27,34 . Literatürde erkeklerin kendilerine yüklenen toplumsal cinsiyet rolleri, şiddet davranışlarının aile ve toplum tarafından desteklenmesi, şiddete daha fazla maruz kalmaları, şiddeti kadınları denetim altına almak, kadınlara hükmetmek için bir güç göstergesi olarak görmelerinin erkekleri şiddete yönelten nedenler olduğu ve erkek olmanın saldırgan davranışlar sergileme açısından bir risk faktörü olduğu belirtilmektedir [24][25][26] .…”

The Effect of the Coronavirus Disease-19 Pandemic Process on Midwifery and Nursing Students’ Tendency to Violence

“…The results of the study of Dağlar et al (9) showed similarities with the findings of this study in that the students' mean scores on violence attitude were low. The studies of Kulakci-Altintas and Ayaz-Alkaya (2018) (25) and Özgür et al (23) in the literature indicated that students' tendency to violence increased as their school year increased. In the study of Tosunöz et al (14), contrary to this study, it was found that the tendency of the students to violence in the 2 nd and 3 rd years was higher compared to students of other classes.…”

Violence Tendency among Secondary School Students: The Effect of Self-Esteem and Empathic Tendency

“…Adolescence is a period of rapid growth and development. Studies on high school students have found that students have moderate levels of tendency to violence [5,20]. Since this study group is secondary school students, they are expected to have lower tendency to violence than the high school group.…”

“…The fact that an individual resorts to violence, whereas the other person does not under the same conditions reveals that personal characteristics are extremely effective in tendency to violence. Various factors such as socio-demographic characteristics, self-esteem and empathic level can affect the behaviour of violence [5][6][7].…”