Investigation of Dating Violence Attitudes According to Certain Variables and Irrational Romantic Relationship Beliefs

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the relationship between dating violence attitudes and irrational beliefs of teacher candidates in romantic relations. The sample of the study consisted of 290 students at various departments of one of the universities in Istanbul. The data were collected using the personal information form, The Dating Violence Scale (DVS), Irrational Romantic Relationship beliefs Inventory (IRRBI). Findigs show that the teacher candidates’ attitudes towards dating violence show that they do not support violence. The scores obtained from the general violence sub-dimension do not differ statistically significantly (p> 0.05). However, physical violence, emotional violence, economic violence and sexual violence, a statistically significant difference was found in favor of women. When the attitudes of teacher candidates on dating violence were examined according to their dating experience, findings did not differ. There is a moderate, negative, and significant relationship between dating violence attitudes and irrational beliefs in romantic relationships.