Trakya Üniversitesi Öğrencilerinde Şiddet Davranışları ve Algılanan Sağlık İlişkisi

Objective: This study was carried out to determine the association be- tween violence related behaviors and self-reported health among univer- sity students. Material and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, which included a representative sample of all students of Trakya University. The sample of 1620 students enrolled at Trakya University was stratified according to sex and actual student number of faculties and colleges and selected by sys- tematic sampling. In addition to descriptive statistics, Chi Square analysis and Logistic Regression analysis were used for statistical evaluation. Results: 6.3% of the respondents reported that they were exposed to violence, 33.5% of them stated they were involved in a physical fight dur- ing the past 12 months, 4.9% of them stated they did not go to school at least one day during the past 30 days because they felt unsafe and 4.4% of the students reported they had attempted suicide during the past 12 months. The analyses have shown that violence related behaviors were significantly associated with poor health after controlling the potential confounders. Conclusion: There is a need for more prospective studies for exploring the effects of violence related behaviors to health. Interventions target- ing youths who engage in violence should consider that violence related behaviors may be markers for poor health.