1. A QUESTIONNAIRE ON VIOLENCE AT SCHOOLS
VIOLENCE ON TELEVISION PROGRAMMES
AND THEIR EFFECTS ON STUDENT BEHAVIOUR

2. This is a Questionnaire carried out by Anatolian Teachers’ Training High School related to the Project “Life without violence is my right” in which 96 selected students (59 girls=61,5% and 37 boys=38,5%) were used as samples.    

3. Your Sex
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid
BOYS 37
38,5
GIRLS 59
61,5
100,0
Total 96

4. Why do you watch TV?
To spend time
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid
Yes 60
62,5 No 36
37,5
100,0
Total 96

5. Why do you watch TV?
To get rid of boredom
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid
Yes 62
64,6 No 34
35,4
100,0
Total 96

6. Why do you watch TV?
As a matter of habit
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 87
90,6
Yes 9
9,4
100,0
Total 96

7. Why do you watch TV?
To learn something
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 90
93,8
Yes 6
6,2
100,0
Total 96

8. To relief myself and to find peace
Why do you watch TV?
To relief myself and to find peace
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 83
86,5
Yes 13
13,5
100,0
Total 96

9. To learn something from my favourite actor/actress (learning myself)
Why do you watch TV?
To learn something from my
favourite actor/actress (learning myself)
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 94
97,9
Yes 2
2,1
100,0
Total 96

10. To watch entertainment, singer, heroes
Why do you watch TV?
To watch entertainment, singer, heroes
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 73
76,0
Yes 23
24,0
100,0
Total 96

11. How long do you watch TV in a day?
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid
1-2 hours 59
61,5
3-4 hours 28
29,2
90,6
5-6 hours 8
8,3
99,0
7-8 hours 1
1,0
100,0
Total 96

12. Do you read a book when you are at home? How long do you read?
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid
I don’t read 17
17,7
About min. 43
44,8
62,5
About an hour 21
21,9
84,4
2 hours 9
9,4
93,8
3 hours and more 6
6,2
100,0
Total 96

13. When you watch TV does your reading time decrease or do you completely watch TV?
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid
usually 39
40,6
sometimes 42
43,8
84,4
I am never
affected 15
15,6
100,0
Total 96

14. What affects you most when choosing the TV programme you want to watch?
I watch the TV series or the programs my parents are watch but with my choice.
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 80
83,3
Yes 16
16,7
100,0
Total 96

15. I have to watch the TV series or the programs my parents are watching, because there isn’t another TV at home.
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 93
96,9
Yes 3
3,1
100,0
Total 96

16. I usually watch the programs or TV series that my friends like watching.
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 94
97,9
Yes 2
2,1
100,0
Total 96

17. I watch what I want. My parents usually don’t meddle.
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 20
20,8
Yes 76
79,2
100,0
Total 96

18. I am affected by my teachers.
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 96
100,0

19. Do you sometimes watch TV in order not to be strange in your friends conversations?
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid 3
3,1
Often 7
7,3
10,4
Always 1
1,0
11,5
Sometimes 52
54,2
65,6
Never 33
34,4
100,0
Total 96

20. Have you got a TV in your room?
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid 1
1,0 No 14
14,6
15,6
Yes 81
84,4
100,0
Total 96

21. Can you list 3 programmes that you like watching?
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid
Cartoons 10
10,4
TV series 60
62,5
72,9
Documentaries 7
7,3
80,2
News 4
4,2
84,4
Competition programmes
91,7
Sports programmes 8
8,3
100,0
Total 96

22. What are the activities that you do this year?
Music
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 40
41,7
Yes 56
58,3
100,0
Total 96

23. What are the activities that you do this year?
Art
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 85
88,5
Yes 11
11,5
100,0
Total 96

24. What are the activities that you do this year?
Folk dance
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 92
95,8
Yes 4
4,2
100,0
Total 96

25. What are the activities that you do this year?
Group Games (basketball, football, volleyball, etc.)
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 40
41,7
Yes 56
58,3
100,0
Total 96

26. What are the activities that you do this year?
Theatre
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 91
94,8
Yes 5
5,2
100,0
Total 96

27. Which of the following describes you best?
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid
I am a calm person, I don’t get angry easily. 28
29,2
When I am angry, I don’t show my anger. 23
24,0
53,1
If I get angry, first I calm down then I talk to the person making me angry. 18
18,8
71,9
I am an angry person, I lose my control. 27
28,1
100,0
Total 96

28. When choosing what you want to watch do you pay attention to smart signs?
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid
always 13
13,5
sometimes 36
37,5
51,0
never 47
49,0
100,0
Total 96

29. What do you do when you lose your temper or get angry?
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid
I don’t show the people how much I am angry. 45
46,9
47,9
I can’t control my anger; I use bad words or force. 9
9,4
9,6
57,4
I can’t control my anger and hit or kick walls, doors, etc. 16
16,7
17,0
74,5
I tell my feelings to the person made me angry.
91,5
I can control my anger. 8
8,3
8,5
100,0
Total 94
97,9
Missing
System 2
2,1 96

30. When I watch a programme or film with violence;
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid
I want to hit or break something. 16
16,7
I become sad. 14
14,6
31,2
I get furious to little things that normally doesn’t make me angry. 2
2,1
33,3
It doesn’t affect me. 64
66,7
100,0
Total 96

31. Have you ever bought pens, pencils, toys, t-shirts, books, magazines, etc. of the stars that you were affected by?
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid 1
1,0
sometimes 53
55,2
56,2
I usually buy them, I like it. 4
4,2
60,4
I never buy them because they too expensive. 38
39,6
100,0
Total 96

32. Does your mother beat you?
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid
sometimes 1
1,0
Very often
2,1
always
3,1
never 93
96,9
100,0
Total 96

33. Does your father beat you?
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid
sometimes 2
2,1
never 94
97,9
100,0
Total 96

34. Does your father beat your mother?
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid
sometimes 1
1,0
never 95
99,0
100,0
Total 96

35. What is your father’s education level ?
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid
Illeterate 1
1,0
Primary school graduate 12
12,5
13,5
Secondary school graduate 11
11,5
25,0
High school graduate 22
22,9
47,9
University graduate 50
52,1
100,0
Total 96

36. What is your mother’s education level?
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid
Literate 1
1,0
Primary school graduate 32
33,3
34,4
Secondary school graduate 12
12,5
46,9
Highschool graduate 26
27,1
74,0
University graduate 25
26,0
100,0
Total 96

37. How often do your parents argue?
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid
Everyday 2
2,1
Once or twice a week 11
11,5
13,5
rarely 57
59,4
72,9
never 26
27,1
100,0
Total 96

38. Beating somebody; there may be people deserving it.
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 47
49,0
Yes 49
51,0
100,0
Total 96

39. Beating somebody; it mustn’t be done.
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 63
65,6
Yes 33
34,4
100,0
Total 96

40. Beating somebody; it sometimes solves my problems.
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 86
89,6
Yes 10
10,4
100,0
Total 96

41. Beating somebody; I always solve my problems in this way.
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 95
99,0
Yes 1
1,0
100,0
Total 96

42. Beating somebody; It shows my strength.
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 94
97,9
Yes 2
2,1
100,0
Total 96

43. Pointing at people with no talent.
Which of the following most bothering issues like conversations or making fun of somebody among students fit you more?
Pointing at people with no talent.
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 71
74,0
Yes 25
26,0
100,0
Total 96

44. Pointing at mentally weak people.
Which of the following most bothering issues like conversations or making fun of somebody among students fit you more?
Pointing at mentally weak people.
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 75
78,1
Yes 21
21,9
100,0
Total 96

45. Pointing at those having physical beauty or body.
Which of the following most bothering issues like conversations or making fun of somebody among students fit you more?
Pointing at those having physical beauty or body.
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 54
56,2
Yes 42
43,8
100,0
Total 96

46. Which of the following most bothering issues like conversations or making fun of somebody among students fit you more?
Containing sexuality.
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 74
77,1
Yes 22
22,9
100,0
Total 96

47. Emphasizing the inequalities between the sexes.
Which of the following most bothering issues like conversations or making fun of somebody among students fit you more?
Emphasizing the inequalities between the sexes.
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 82
85,4
Yes 14
14,6
100,0
Total 96

48. Which of the following most bothering issues like conversations or making fun of somebody among students fit you more?
Humiliating people
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 95
99,0
Yes 1
1,0
100,0
Total 96

49. Which of the following most bothering issues like conversations or making fun of somebody among students fit you more?
Nicknaming people
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 95
99,0
Yes 1
1,0
100,0
Total 96

50. The relationship between financial status
Which of the following most bothering issues like conversations or making fun of somebody among students fit you more?
The relationship between financial status
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 95
99,0
Yes 1
1,0
100,0
Total 96

51. People who do not show respect to ideas of other people
Which of the following most bothering issues like conversations or making fun of somebody among students fit you more?
People who do not show respect to ideas of other people
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 95
99,0
Yes 1
1,0
100,0
Total 96

52. I am not bothered so easily, I just laugh at them
Which of the following most bothering issues like conversations or making fun of somebody among students fit you more?
I am not bothered so easily, I just laugh at them
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 95
99,0
Yes 1
1,0
100,0
Total 96

53. Cursing and saying offensive words
Which of the following most bothering issues like conversations or making fun of somebody among students fit you more?
Cursing and saying offensive words
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid No 95
99,0
Yes 1
1,0
100,0
Total 96

54. “LIFE WITHOUT VIOLENCE IS MY RIGHT”
Recep AKSOY - Hakan SANLI
Nejla İŞ - Mehmet TOKER
Burdur Anadolu Öğretmen Lisesi