Causes and Methods of Facing Violence in the Jordanian Universities from Students Viewpoints

Battah, Ahmad M.

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.12785/JEPS/180402

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dc.contributor.author	Battah, Ahmad M.
dc.date.accessioned	2018-08-02T07:04:36Z
dc.date.available	2018-08-02T07:04:36Z
dc.date.issued	2017-12-01
dc.identifier.issn	1726-3678
dc.identifier.uri	https://journal.uob.edu.bh:443/handle/123456789/3152
dc.description.abstract	causes of violence, ways of facing violence, Jordanian universities.	en_US
dc.language.iso	ar	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Bahrain	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/	*
dc.subject	This study aimed at identifying the causes behind violence in the Jordanian universities from students viewpoints
dc.subject	and the means to face them. It aimed also to clarify the significant differences between the averages according to the secondary independent variables of the study: sex
dc.subject	university
dc.subject	college
dc.subject	year of study
dc.subject	and study program. To achieve the aims of the study
dc.subject	the researcher distributed a questionnaire to a sample of 739 students from Mu'tah )governmental university( and Jerash )private university(. A suitable statistical analysis was adopted. The results showed that there are many reasons which cause violence such as the weak ethical motivation among students
dc.subject	and the absence of students' meaningful activities. With reference to the means of facing the violence phenomenon
dc.subject	respondents indicated that the most important are the modification of admission policies in order to ensure justice and transparency
dc.subject	and enriching the universities' environment by various curricular and extra curricular activities. Besides
dc.subject	the results showed the importance of the student's year of study )0.05= α( in favor of the fourth year with reference to the causes of violence. Also
dc.subject	it showed the importance of the sex variable )0.05= α( in favor of females with reference to the strategies of facing violence. There were no significant differences regarding the remaining variables. The researcher recommended the vitality of setting a new just basis in admitting students in the universities. In addition
dc.subject	he recommended the necessity of securing a rich and inspiring university environment. Keywords: causes of violence
dc.title	Causes and Methods of Facing Violence in the Jordanian Universities from Students Viewpoints	en_US
dc.title.alternative	أسباب العنف وسبل مواجهته في الجامعات الأردنية من وجهة نظر الطلبة
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.12785/JEPS/180402
dc.volume	18
dc.issue	04
dc.pagestart	37
dc.pageend	67
dc.source.title	Journal of Educational & Psychological Sciences
dc.abbreviatedsourcetitle	JEPS