Attitudes of the students of the Univeristy of Zagreb towards former prisoners

Stavovi studenata Sveučilišta u Zagrebu prema bivšim zatvorenicima Na uzorku od 654 studenata Sveučilišta u Zagrebu ispitivan je njihov stav prema populaciji bivših zatvorenika. U tu svrhu korišten je modificirani upitnik konstruiran tijekom Ljetne škole studenata psihologije Sveučilišta u Zagrebu iz 2003. godine koja se bavi problematikom stigmatizacije psihičkih bolesnika, alkoholičara, homoseksualaca i tjelesnih invalida (Bajs, 2013). Obradom podataka dobiveni su rezultati kojima je potvrĎena postavljena hipoteza da su stavovi studenata pozitivni te su potvrĎene statistički značajne razlike u stavovima studenata Sveučilišta u Zagrebu s obzirom na spol, gdje su muški ispitanici imali pozitivnije stavove. S obzirom na područje studiranja potvrĎene su statistički značajne razlike u smjeru pozitivnijih stavova studenata humanističkog i društvenog područja studiranja. PotvrĎeno je i da se stavovi studenata razlikuju s obzirom na iskustvo kontakta s bivšim zatvorenicima gdje je dobiveno da su pozitivniji stavovi studenata koji su imali iskustvo kontakta s bivšim zatvorenicima.Attitudes of the students of the University of Zagreb towards former prisoners Attitudes of 654 students of the University of Zagreb towards former prisoners were examined. A modified questionnaire made during the Summer School of psychology students of the University of Zagreb in 2003, which dealt with the stigmatization of the people having mental disorders, alcocholics, homosexuals and physically disabled people, was used for this purpose (Bajs, 2013). The analysis of data gave results which confirmed the hypothesis stating that the attitudes of the students of the University of Zagreb would be positive. It also confirmed the statistically significant differences in their attitudes concerning their age, where male examinees had more positive attitudes. Statistically significant differences were confirmed regarding the fields of study, where the students of the humanities and social studies had more positive attitudes. It was confirmed that the attitudes were different regarding students' experience of contact with former prisoners where the results showed that the attitudes of the students having experience of contact were more positive