Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

The prediction of acceptance wife abuse based on helplessness, and body image on women

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Sahar Tamadoni Asef Abad 1
Shahed Masoudi 2
Laleh Kohestani 3
1 MSc Family Counseling Azad University of Quchan Branch, Quchan, Iran
2 Department of , Psychology, Assistant Professor and full time faculty member, Quchan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Quchan, Iran
3 Psychiatrist, Member of Iran National Forensic Research Center, Tehran, Iran
10.22038/mjms.2019.14026
Abstract
Introduction: wife abuse as a dysfunctional procedures, it is the matter of concern as hidden damage and serious fulmination against women. Therefore the aim of this study is prediction of acceptance wife abuse based on helplessness, and body image on women.
Methods: The design used in this study is a descriptive post-event and correlation study. The statistical population of this study consisted of women referring to forensic medicine within 6 months from Esfand 96 to Shahrivar 97, among which 400 women were selected by convenience sampling method. Data were analyzed using concurrent regression.
Results: The result showed that helplessness %23 and body image %1/3 can predict the variance of wife abuse. In the other words the more helplessness adoption of spouse abuse in person rises.
Conclusion: Therefore each of these variables can play a main role in accepting wife abuse in women and the women with these personality may be more vulnerable to damage, so considering the role of each variable in wife abuse it can be used to prevent this problem in intervention and treatment even premarital counseling. 
Keywords
Wife abuse
Helplessness
Body image
Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 62, December
November and December 2019
Pages 53-60