العنف المجتمعي و علاقته بالقوانين، و مؤسسات التنشئة، و الضغوط العامة من وجهة نظر الطلبة الجامعيين

Abstract EN

This study aims at investigating the relationship between societal violence, on the one hand, and laws, socialization institutions and general pressures (socio-economic factors), on the other from Al-Hussein Bin Talal University students’ perspectives.

The sample consists of 486 students enrolled at Al- Hussein Bin Talal University during the first semester of the academic year 2009/10.

To this end, a questionnaire consisting of 61 Likert scale items was purposely developed by the researcher.

Evidence of validity and reliability of the questionnaire items were provided.

Findings show that social socialization factors are more influential in the spread of societal violence than the general pressures (socio-economic factors).

Results also show a statistically significant effect of the gender and academic level variables on the spread factors of the societal violence phenomenon.