Tülin YILDIZ, Ebru ÖNLER, Arzu MALAK, İlker AVCIBAŞI, Adnan BAÇ, Recep ALP

Nursing Students Exposed to Domestic Violence And Their Perspectives on Violence

ABSTRACT Objective: The study was performed in order to evaluate the domestic violence that the nursing students exposed and their perspectives on violence. Methodology: The sample was consisted of 229 students who were selected by simple random sampling method. Percentage, Pearson's chi-square and Fisher's exact tests were used in order to perform statistical analysis by the SPSS 17.0. Results: 26.6% of students were exposed to domestic violence, 34.4% of these students were exposed to psychological violence, 26.2% of them were exposed to physical violence, 39.3% of them were exposed to both psychological and physical violence. Among the students who were exposed to domestic violence, the violence application rate was significantly high (p<0.01). Conclusions: Our results has showed, predisposition to violent tendencies of the individuals who are personally exposed to domestic violence or any member of their family is exposed to domestic violence increase in a way that cannot be overlooked. Key Words: Violence, Nursing Education, Nursing

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Aim The study was performed in order to evaluate the domestic violence that the nursing students exposed and their perspectives on violence. Materials and Methods The sample was consisted of 229 students who were selected by simple random sampling method. Percentage, Pearson's chi-square and Fisher's exact tests were used in order to perform statistical analysis by the SPSS 17.0. Results 26.6% of students were exposed to domestic violence, 34.4% of these students were exposed to psychological violence, 26.2% of them were exposed to physical violence, 39.3% of them were exposed to both psychological and physical violence. Among the students who were exposed to domestic violence, the violence application rate was significantly high (p<0.01). Conclusion Our results has showed, predisposition to violent tendencies of the individuals who are personally exposed to domestic violence or any member of their family is exposed to domestic violence increase in a way that cannot be overlooked

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the participation of those women in family decisions, 67.7 % was found to decide together with the spouse while 24.4 % was found to say the husband was to decide and only 2.4 % was found to be the person to decide herself15. The way of taking family decisions is similar to the data in our study, where individuals‟ opinions are seen to be respected within the family.
The study we had indicates that 10.2 % of the students suffering from violence had the mothers and children as the individuals mostly suffering from violence in their families (Table 2). This result is parallel to the results of Mayda and et.al.7
be transformed into adults abusing other children themselves in advanced ages and thus, violent actions would be transferred from generation to generation and would continue to exist7,16. The study which was conducted in
Turkey countrywide in 1994 concluded that parents‟ past experiences of beating would transfer violence to present at 70 %6. Regarding these studies, a person‟s or one of his/her family member‟s suffering for violence increases both commit to and suffering for violence. Those results are parallel to the findings of our research. References
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