Author(s): Gülsün AYDIN, Dilek YALIZ SOLMAZ
It is stated that violence at school is having a tendency to increase in Turkey. It is important to talk, think and study about this subject to determine the dimensions of violence at schools and to take precautions. The aim of the study is to determine the thoughts and attitudes of Anadolu University Physical Education and Sport School students about violence and the factors exposuring to violence. A questionnaire, consisted of two parts, was used in the study to collect the data. First part of the questionnaire is to determine the thoughts and attitudes of students about violence and the factors of exposuring to violence. Second part of the questionnaire is consisted of demographics characteristics of the students. Questionnaire was applied to a total of 199 first, second, third, fourth grades bachelor students at Anadolu University, Physical Education and Sports Teaching Department. SPSS 12 packet program was used for statistical analyze. The sampling was of whom 41% were women and 59% were men. The results of this study show that, %1.28 of students pointed out that they have no friend, %14.10 they are in a group with 1-3 friends, %12.82 they are in a group with 3-5 friends, %71.80 they are in a group with 5 and more friends. The results also show that %92.30 of them defined that they take decisions together in the group and %3.85 of them defined that the cleverest one takes the decisions. According to answers about violence; they pointed out that they don’t exposure to violence in their education life (%76.92), in their sport life (%71.80), at their special life (%93.59) but they pointed out that exposure to violence in their education life (% 23.08), in their sport life (% 28.20), at their special life (% 6.41). In brief, the results of the current study is exposuring in education and sport life is more than in special life. In conclusion, students exposure to violence mostly by their teacher in their education life, by their trainers in their sport life and by their father at home. Future researches about violence and especially in sport could be extended to include a wider demographic base to further explore the extent to which the findings are generalizable.
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