Students' Attitudes Towards Dating Violence

Abstract

This study examines students' attitudes towards dating violence with respect to gender in universities. The research was conducted on 392 university students: 270 females and 122 males. Data collection took place during the months of November 2023 through January 2024. The population of the research consisted of a total of 1489 university students studying at Erzincan Binali Yildirim University Health Vocational School in 2023-2024. General, physical, emotional, economic and sexual violence were examined in the research. When the results are examined, males do not support violence (except sexual violence) in any sub-dimension compared to females. Without covariates, the mean sexual violence of females and the mean sexual violence of males are not statistically significant (p;0.05). However, with a small effect of covariates, females do not support sexual violence compared to male individuals. From this evaluation, we can reach some conclusions about healthcare management students' attitudes towards dating violence in Turkey. Also, such rich information will contribute to the theoretical and practical underpinnings of dating violence for developing countries like Turkey.