Family Violence and Its Implications on Individual and Society

Abstract

The present study aimed to identify the severity of family violence implications on individual and society in Jordan. It aimed to identify that from the perspective of the students enrolled at the faculties of educational sciences in Jordanian universities. A simple random sample was selected. It consists from 200 female and male students. Those students were selected from the faculties of educational sciences in the University of Jordan, Al-Balqa’ Applied Science and Hashemite University. To meet the study’s goals, the researcher developed a fifteen item questionnaire. It was found that the extent of severity of family violence implications on individual and society in Jordan is moderate. That’s because the overall mean is 2.96. It was found that there isn’t any statistically significant difference between the respondents’ attitudes which can be attributed to their gender or academic year. In the light of the study’s results, several recommendations were suggested. For instance, the researcher recommends promoting awareness among students in Jordanian universities about the way of handling family violence in case they experienced it. She also recommends promoting awareness among students in Jordanian universities about the way of helping the ones who suffer from family violence.

Keywords: Family violence, society

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-3-07

Publication date: January 31^st 2020