Background: Dissociation, intense grief, anger, and survivor's guilt are common responses
as people split off mentally, physically, and emotionally from the source of the violence. Violence
and dissociation in a cross-cultural perspective examines the psychological, sociological, political,
economic, and cultural aspects of violence and its consequences on people around the world. Aim:
Current study aimed to investigate the relation between dissociative experiences and violence,
among student nurses. Materials and method: A descriptive correlational research design was
utilized, as all students' nurses who enroll in the first, second and third levels at Port Said Faculty of
Nursing, Egypt (460 students) were participated in the study. Tools of data collection: Included
socio-demographic characteristics of the studied subjects, dissociative experience scale and violence
scale. Results: student nurses had high level of dissociative experiences, and more than half of
student nurses had moderate violence, with a higher mean score for indirect violence. Conclusion:
the study finding concluded that a
statistically significant positive correlation was detected
between overall violence & dissociative experiences, also a statistically significant positive
correlation was detected between the indirect, physical violence and dissociative experiences.
Recommendations: recommendations for clinical applications include routine screening of
offenders among adolescents to detect the dissociative symptoms early and adequate consideration
should be given to detect the dissociation disorders in the development process and implement
violence prevention and management programs.