Examination of the Prosocial and Aggressive Tendencies of Preservice Teachers
Journal Title: Yükseköğretim ve Bilim Dergisi - Year 2013, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between gender and the witnessed interparental violence during childhood and the prosocial and aggressive tendencies of 586 senior class students enrolled at the faculty of education of a university at the Eastern Anatolian Region. The research is a survey model and a socio-demographic survey, and ‘Prosocial Behavior Tendency Scale' and ‘Aggressiveness Scale' were applied to the participants. The applied statistical techniques included descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, and t test for independent groups. In conclusion, it is stated that gender and witnessed interparental violence were to affect the prosocial and aggressive tendencies of the participants.
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- DOI 10.5961/jhes.2013.082
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