The Opinion of Burapha University Students on Domestic Violence Against Women

Abstract

               This research aims to study the opinions of Burapha University student about domestic violence against women and to compare the opinions of Burapha University student about domestic violence against women. The samples were 440 students, and the research instrument was a questionnaire. The statistic used to analyze the data were percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and One-Way ANOVA.

                The results were; the students expressed their opinions that violence against women in the family was at a moderate level. Verbal violence was the highest, followed by physical and mental. The students expressed their opinions as follows: (1) “In today's society, it is inappropriate for a husband to speak abusively as an insult” to a large extent (2) “In today's society, you often see people in family talk and insult each other” at a large level and (3) “In today's society, you often see husbands abuse their wives with weapons such as a log, a gun, a chair” at a large level. When comparing the opinions of students about domestic violence against women, it was found that in personal factors, different faculties received a significantly different level of opinions about domestic violence against women with the statistical level of 0.05.