The Role of Parental Violence andTVPrograms in Violent Behavior of Students

M.Ghadami[1]

Abstract:

Today, the violence as anindividual and social damageandits threatening role to the health and happiness of individuals and society and the collapses of society has attracted the attention of scholars and experts in humanities and social sciences. In this regard, mass media, especially television, and family has been known as the two most important agents of socialization. Therefore, television violence and domestic violence are highlighted as the  key components of sociability of violence and its effects on the violence of children has been confirmed. In this regard, the main goal of this paper is to examine the role of television violence and domestic violence in the children’s violence among the population of the study. This research is a survey study.  The data was collected by questionnaire-interview technique. The population consisted of all of the students in high schools in Kashanin 2010-2011 school year. 600 students were selected randomly through using Cochran sampling formula. The results of the study show that students who watch more violent TV programs and those students who are exposed to their parents’ violent behavior  resort to violence more than others. The result of Multivariate regression analysis also shows that children’s violence is directly affected by parents’ violence variables (Beta=64.0), TV watching (Beta=25.0), and violent television programs (Beta=10.0). As a whole, these variables determined 68% of the variance of children’s violence.

Key words: violence, children’s violence, parental violence, TV watching, violence.