Violence-Related Behaviors Among Iranian University Students: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and its Relationship with Religiosity and Family Support

سال انتشار: 1400
نوع سند: مقاله ژورنالی
زبان: انگلیسی
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Background and aims: Violence is recognized as a significant public health problem throughout the world. The present study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of violence-related behaviors and its relationship with other risky behaviors, family support, and religiosity among students in Bushehr.   Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on a total of ۹۷۷ students in Bushehr city, southern Iran, in ۲۰۱۶. Required data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire on violence-related behaviors and other risky behaviors. The validity of the questionnaire was measured by MPH students with a Cronbach’s alpha of ۰.۹۰. Additionally, family support scale and religious belief questionnaire were applied. Data analysis was performed using chi-square, t test, and logistic regression model in SPSS version ۱۶.۰.   Results: The overall prevalence rates of weapon carrying and physical fighting were reported to be ۹.۱% and ۷.۱%, respectively. The findings of this study revealed that hookah use (OR: ۲.۹۳), physical fight (OR: ۵.۶۴), and having unsafe sex (OR: ۲.۴۲) were associated with weapon carrying (P < ۰.۰۰۱). Moreover, male gender (OR: ۳.۳۶), illicit drug use (OR: ۳.۶۴), weapon carrying (OR: ۵.۲۴), and family support (OR: ۰.۹۷) were shown to be associated with physical fight (P < ۰.۰۰۱).   Conclusion: The results of the present study suggested co-occurrence nature of risky behaviors. Given the high prevalence of violence-related behaviors, the implementation of preventive interventions for college students is of great importance.

نویسندگان

Sima Afrashteh

Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Abbas Abbasi-Ghahramanloo

Department of Public Health, School of Health, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran

Mohebat Vali

Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Mehdi Sharafi

Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Maria Khishdoost Borazjan

Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Amirhossein Darabi

The Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran

Leila Moftakhar

Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Haleh Ghaem

Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Research Center for Health Sciences, Institute of Health, Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran