Keywords
university violence
values
social values
How to Cite
Abstract
This study aimed at revealing the level of university violence among university students and its relationship to the variables of gender and type of specialization. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, a measure of university violence was built, as the descriptive approach was used. The study sample consisted of 2000 undergraduate students, randomly selected. The results of the study showed that the level of university violence among students was low as a whole, and in all its fields. The results also showed that the study variables contributed to explaining university violence.
References
Al-Fuqaha, I. (2001). Levels of tendency towards violence and aggressive behavior among students at Philadelphia University. Journal of Educational Sciences, 7(4) 484–490.
Al-Hawamdeh, K. (2003). Student violence in public and private universities from the perspective of students. Research papers of the first conference of the Deanship of Student Affairs, Zarqa University, Jordan.
Al-Louzi, S.H., & Farhan, Y.I. (2009). Students violence at the University of Jordan. Jordan of Journal of Social Sciences, 2(2), 277–285.
Allport, G., Vernon, P., & Lindzey, G. (1952). A study of Values, Manual of Directions. Mifflin Co.
Al-Qadri, M. (2008). Tendency to violence and its relationship to some personality traits among Yarmouk
University students in the light of some variables [Unpublished PhD thesis]. Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.
Al-Saqer, T. (2008). The level of moral judgment and perceived self-efficacy among a sample of Yarmouk
University students in light of some variables [Unpublished master’s thesis]. Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.
Al-Sarayrah, N. (2006). The reality of violence among students of Jordanian public universities [Unpublished master’s thesis]. Mu’tah, Karak, Jordan.
Al-Sharifin, A. (2008). The ability of some psychological and social variables to predict the tendency
to violence among Jordanian university students [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.
Al-Tal, S. (2003). The value system of Zarqa Private University students, provided for research and studies, 18(1), 11–43.
Atoum, A. & Khasawneh, A. (1999). Matrix of values among Al al-Bayt University students. Magazine Lighthouse, 4(1), 5–54.
Balk, R. (1995). Values and violence, attest of subculture of violence [Thesis. 33]. University of Maltook.
Beordez, P. (2006). Attitudes towards violence among university students in India. Journal of International Education, 9(1), 60–213.
Carlo, G.E., Mestre, V., Samper, P., & Tur-Porcar, A. (2010). Feelings or cognitions? Moral cognitions and emotions as longitudinal predictors of prosocial and aggressive behaviors. Personality and Individual Differences, 48(8), 872–877. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.02.010
Diaz, J.L. (2011). The psychology of aggression and violence: Bioethical implications. UNESCO.
Enriquez, M., Kelly, P.J., Cheng, A.L., Hunter, J., & Mendez, E. (2012). An intervention to address interpersonal violence among low-income Midwestern Hispanic-American Teens. Journal of Immigrant, 14(2), 292–299. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-011-9474-5
Ghoneem, K. (2012). Attitudes of Princess Rahma College students toward university violence. International Education Studies, 5(3), 98–114. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5539/ies.v5n3p98
Hosseinzadeh, D., & Karimi, F. (2012). The relationship between value system and moral growth with finding indication in high school students. Scholars Research Library, 4(1), 714–734.
Kenawy, S. (1996). Towards an interpretation of the mechanisms of violence in Egyptian society. Yearbook of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Qatar University.
Klopper, I. (2010). The relationship between exposure to violence and moral development of adolescents [unpublished Master Thesis]. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. South Africa.
Kort, A. (2005). Dar al-Cyber Islam: Women, domestic violence, and the Islamic reformation on the World Wide Web. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 25(3), 2–17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13602000500408393
Lee, M.R., & Ousey, G.C. (2011). Reconsidering the culture and violence connection: Strategies of action in the rural South. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(5), 899–929. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260510365867
Mayhew, M., Caldwell, R.J., & Goldman, E.G. (2010). Defining campus violence: A phenomenological analysis of community stakeholder perspectives. Journal of College Student Development, 52(3), 253–269. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2011.0045
Menesini, E., Nocentini, A., Camodeca, M. (2013). Morality, values, traditional bullying, and cyberbullying in adolescence. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 31(1), 1–14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-835X.2011.02066.x
Murtaja, A. (2004). The extent to which secondary school students practice moral values from the teachers’ point of view in Gaza Governorate [Unpublished master’s thesis]. Department of Fundamentals of Education, Faculty of Education, Al-Azhar University, Gaza.
World Health Organization. (2002). Global report on violence and health. Regional office for the Middle East, Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt.
License
Copyright (c) 2023 Mohammad Omar AL-Momani, Elham Mahmoud Rababa
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.