Intimate Partner Violence in University Students- A Qualitative Study

Abstract

Intimate partner violence is a major public health issue that has an impact on students' physical, mental and academic achievement. In order to define and understand the dating violence that students experience during the most productive times of their lives, it is necessary to examine the world they live in. This study was carried out in the phenomenology pattern of the qualitative study in order to examine the dating violence experiences of university students and the factors affecting them. The study was carried out with 30 students studying at a state university in Turkey. As a result of the data obtained as a result of the interviews with university students, 110 main codes, 6 sub-themes and two main themes as "direct violence" and "indirect violence" emerged. As a result of the study, while university students experience different forms of intimate partner violence, there are also more observed forms of violence than gender.

Keywords: Intimate partner violence, University students, Qualitative study

DOI: 10.7176/JHMN/98-02

Publication date:March 31^st 2022