Undergraduates’ Attitudes toward Dating Violence: Its Relationship with Sexism and Narcissism

Abstract

In this research, whether the undergraduates' attitude levels towards the dating violence differed in terms of gender, dating relationship status, being exposed to the dating violence and resorting to the dating violence was investigated. The sample of the study was composed of 1171 undergraduates. In the research, "The Attitudes toward Dating Violence Scales, Ambivalent Sexism Scale, Ambivalence toward Men Scale, Narcissistic Personality Inventory, and Personal Information Form" were used as the data collection tools. In conclusion, significant differences were determined in the university students' attitudes towards the dating violence according to the different demographic variables (gender, dating relationship status, being exposed to the dating violence and resorting to the dating violence). Moreover, university students' attitudes towards dating violence were determined to positively and significantly correlate with their ambivalence sexism levels. Ambivalence toward men was determined to positively and significantly correlate with their attitudes towards dating violence. In addition, university students' narcissistic personality traits were found to positively and significantly correlate with their attitudes towards dating violence.

Ambivalent sexism of nursing students in Turkey and South Korea: A cross‐cultural comparison study

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“…Several previous studies conducted in South Korea towards general population have shown similar results – specifically, men had higher ASI scores, including HS scores, than did women (Lee, ; Shim & Endo, ). Moreover, previous studies conducted in Turkey generally found that men's HS scores were higher than were those of women, whereas women's BS scores were higher than were those of men (Erdem & Sahin, ; Ozerdogan et al, ; Tasdemir & Sakalli‐Ugurlu, ).…”

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Türk Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Romantik İlişkilerde Şiddete Yönelik Tutumlarının Risk Alma Davranışları, Duygu Düzenleme ve Duygusal Özerlikleriyle İlişkisi

“…In addition to the studies on the relationship between the attitudes towards dating violence and subsequent violent behaviors (Flood and Pease, 2009;Foshee, Bauman, Linder, Rice, and Wilcher, 2007;Schumacher and Slep, 2004;Schwartz, Kelley and Kohli, 2012;Slep, Cascardi, Avery-Leaf, and O'Leary, 2001;Stith, Smith, Penn, Ward, and Tritt, 2004), there are also a number of studies suggesting that there is a relationship between aggressive behaviors towards close partners amongst the university students and the beliefs that support violent behavior in the relationship (Archer and Graham-Kevan, 2003;Locke and Richman, 1999;Nabors, Dietz and Jasinki, 2006;Riggs and O'Leary, 1996). According to Erdem and Şahin (2017), on the other hand, individuals' attitudes towards dating violence change in terms of experiencing violence in the relationship. Therefore, the level of acceptance of dating violence in the participants who have experienced violence in their relationships is higher than those who have not experienced violence in their relationships (Erdem and Şahin, 2017).…”

“…According to Erdem and Şahin (2017), on the other hand, individuals' attitudes towards dating violence change in terms of experiencing violence in the relationship. Therefore, the level of acceptance of dating violence in the participants who have experienced violence in their relationships is higher than those who have not experienced violence in their relationships (Erdem and Şahin, 2017). Previous studies revealed that the participants who had the experience of victims of violence in romantic relationships amongst the young people are more accepting towards dating violence than those who were non-victims of violence (De Puy et.al., 2014;Machado, Caridade, and Martins, 2010).…”