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Causes of student violence in Jordanian universities

This study aimed at identifying the causes of students' violence and the degree of their importance from the viewpoint of Jordanian university students, in public, and private universities. A special questionnaire was developed for this study, and it was distributed to a cluster-stratified sample of 2100 students- summer semester of the academic year 2008. After using the appropriate statistical analysis, the findings of this study showed in descending order the causes of student violence and the degree of their importance as follows: The first level is “personal students' skills” which are highly important without any statistical relationship to the variables of the study. The second level is “ the educational and social background of students” which are highly important with the presence of statistical differences due to gender, type of university and location, academic level of the student, and specialization. The third level is “student's cultural background” with the presence of statistical differences which are moderately important according to the student's academic level and specialization. The fourth level is “academic aspects related to studying”, which are moderately important with the presence of statistical differences according to student specialization. Finally, the study gives specific recommendations to deal with students’ violence via a) studying the university youth lifestyle, b) improving students’ interactions with each other, c) getting students acquainted with the university’s sanctions policy, d) activating the extracurricular activities, and e) continuing the coordination between the Deanship of Student Affairs and Students Council. Keywords: Violence, University Students, Personal Students' Skills, Students' Social Background, Students' Cultural Background.