Effect of Gender Attitudes of Nursing Students on Dating and Domestic Violence Attitudes

Yıl 2023, Cilt: 7 Sayı: 1, 158 - 166, 31.01.2023

Gülendam Karadağ , Kübra Pınar Gürkan , Akgün Yeşiltepe

https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.1083628

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Background: Violence and gender inequality duo stand out as a global-scale public health problem, not only because of their frequent prevelances but because of their important effects on youth health. Health workers and especially nurses play an important role in preventing violence
Aim: This study aimed to examine the effect of gender attitudes of nursing students on their attitudes towards dating and domestic violence.
Methods: This study used a descriptive and cross-sectional design.
The sample consisted of a total 638 nursing students. Data were collected with Questionnaire Form, Gender Role Attitude Scale, Dating Violence Attitudes Scale and Domestic Violence Attitude Scale. Mann Whitney U, Kruskall Wallis, correlation analysis, regression analysis, Corrected Bonferroni was used.
Results: Students attitudes of social gender roles was found to be high, whereas dating and domestic violence attitudes were found at a medium level. Gender roles attitudes nursing students have an effect on their domestic and dating violence attitudes.
Conclusion: While there was a positive direction between gender attitudes and dating violence, there was a negative relationship between domestic violence attitudes.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Gender roles, Domestic violence, Dating violence, Nursing

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