Attitude, perception and tolerance towards violence among Millennial Generation students

Abstract

This exploratory study had the purpose of studying the gender differences of the millennium generation in regards to the attitudes, perception and tolerance towards violence.
It took into account a sample of 78 university students from a public university in Puerto Rico.
A sociodemographic information sheet was administered along with The Escala de Actitudes, Percepción y Tolerancia a la Violencia--Scale of Attitudes, Perception and Tolerance to Violence-- (Pinilla-Díaz and BurgosOcasio, 2012).
An analysis of the descriptive statistics for the sociodemographic data and differences between groups, by gender, was carried out using the Student´s t-distribution, in relation to the dependent variables: attitude, perception and tolerance to violence.
In the variable attitude towards violence [t (75) = t -3.758, p = .001.] there are no significant differences between men (M = 53,789, SD = 6,115) and women (M = 59,590, SD = 4,271).
This is also reported in the variable perception of violence: men (M = 79,083, D.E. = 23,916), and women (M = 88,667, D.E. = 19,598) [t (70) = -1,698, p = .097].
On the other hand, significant differences were found in the levels of tolerance, when compared between men (M = 27,522, SD = 22,520), and women, (M = 22,580, DE = 3,441) [t (71) = 3,796, p = .001].
In fact, the magnitude of the differences, in average, was a large one (Eta squared = .17).
In another aspect, the levels of attitude and tolerance amongst women showed differences.
The implications of exposure to violence, gender, and the millennial generation are discussed in addition to the need to conduct research among these variables and moral disconnection.