YETİŞKİN İLİŞKİLERİNDE ŞİDDETE YÖNELİK TUTUMLARIN İNCELENMESİ

The average rates of physical and psychological aggression in partner relationships vary between 30-40% and 70-80%. Attitudes towards physical and psychological aggression are the most emphasized variables in programs that prevent and improve partner violence. This research is based on the analysis of university students' perceptions of violence and their attitudes towards violence according to some demographic variables. For this purpose, 64 university students whose ages ranged from 18 to 24 were subjected to the Intimate Partner Violence Attitude Scale. As a result of the research, it was seen that students have an unacceptable attitude towards violence in partner relations. When the subtitles of violence, control and abuse of the scale were examined; that physical violence is the most unacceptable behavior; psychological violence attitude (control) was found to be in the middle level and abuse was in the low-medium level. Gender, age, income, relationship with the mother, relationship with the father, the perception of violence in the partner relationships and attitudes towards violence did not differ significantly according to the relationship status of the parents. The research is aimed to be a source for future studies on partner violence.