Predictors of violence and depression: the case of adolescents in Turkey
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Ali Çiftçi
Abstract
Violence is a leading problem that has a negative impact on daily living. Today, it continues to be an important topic owing to its widespread occurrence, especially among the youth. The main objective of this study is to specify the predictors that influence violence and depression observed among youth aged 15–18 years. While some of these factors are individual (age, gender, flirting, sports. etc.), the subjects’ background, such as the family’s education level, sibling number, etc., were investigated as social and environmental factors. In the survey, data were obtained from 109 high school students receiving education in a private teaching institution using a structured questionnaire technique. With regards the reliability of the survey, equal numbers of boys and girls were chosen from each year in high school lasting for 4 years. After asking questions that aim to obtain students’ sociodemographic features, their depression level was surveyed using the Beck Depression Scale; meanwhile, the Violence Tendency Scale was used to survey their tendency to be violent. Findings revealed that some individual and domestic features of adolescents have significant impacts on their tendencies towards violence and depression.
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- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Traumatic brain injury: some good news
- Mini Review
- Premenstrual disorder and the adolescent: clinical case report, literature review, and diagnostic and therapeutic challenges
- Original articles
- The relationship between physical fitness and obesity among a sample of adolescents in Cyprus
- Exposing young people to cooking and new foods: findings from a feasibility study in an alternative education setting
- Prolonged rooming-in in infancy is associated with generalized anxiety disorder in the adolescent period
- Prevalence of bullying in secondary schools in Port Harcourt
- Prevalence and determinants of smoking initiation among school students in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Effects of lifetime tobacco, alcohol and drug use on psychological and behavioral problems among 10th grade students in Istanbul
- Internal resilience, peer victimization, and suicidal ideation among adolescents
- Predictors of violence and depression: the case of adolescents in Turkey
- Barriers to health education in adolescents: health care providers’ perspectives compared to high school adolescents
- Eating disorders in adolescents: how does the DSM-5 change the diagnosis?
- Perceptions of family styles by adolescents with eating disorders and their parents
- Age at menarche and diet among adolescents in slums of Nashik, India
- Case Reports
- Charging of the penis: an unusual method for sexual gratification
- An adolescent with asthma presenting with worsening cough
- Urethral foreign body in an adolescent boy: report of two rare cases and review of literature
- Short Communication
- HIV testing among non-incarcerated substance-abusing juvenile offenders
- Letter to the Editor
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