Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Evaluation of demographic factors and self-esteem in women who are victims of spouse abuse referred to Forensic Medicine Razavi Khorasan in 2015 and the need to review it lawfully

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Somaye Rahimi Ahmadabadi 1
Hamid Attaran 2
Zahra Rahimi Ahmadabadi 3
Akram Fotovat 4
Farzad Ismail Panah Namghi 5
1 PhD in Psychology and Assistant Expert in Criminal Courts in Khorasan Razavi, Mashhad, Iran
2 General Surgeon, Clinical Deputy and Explanation of Khorasan Razavi Forensic Medicine Organization, Mashhad, Iran
3 Computer Software Engineer, Forensic Network Expert, Mashhad, Iran
4 Expert in Research Affairs and Secretary of the Research Committee of the General Directorate of Forensic Medicine of Khorasan Razavi
5 Master of Criminal Law and Criminology, Islamic Azad University, Khorasan Razavi, Mashhad, Iran
10.22038/mjms.2020.16133
Abstract
Abstract
 
Introduction:The purpose of this study was to investigate the demographic factors and self-esteem among women victims of spouse abuse and its necessity to review it legally.
Materials and Methods:  The statistical population of the study was all women who suffered from spouse abuse in Mashhad in 1395. The sample consisted of 200 women suffering from domestic violence that via convenience sampling and volunteers were selected. To collect information from the checklist of demographic factors, a questionnaire measuring violence against Haj Yahya women and Cooper Smith's self-esteem was used. Data were analyzed using Pearson Correlation and multiple hierarchical regressions by SPSS software version 19. The data were analyzed using SPSS software.
Results: The results showed that there was a significant relationship between demographic indicators and spousal abuse, so that variables such as low level of education in the couple and the number of children in the negative direction and addiction in the couple in the positive direction predicted spousal abuse, but self-esteem was not able to predict spouse abuse.
Conclusion: identifying the effective factors in the occurrence of spousal abuse with government intervention and formulating policies for coping can help to design more targeted programs to reduce and prevent this phenomenon by taking measures to reduce spouse abuse, which is the same as primary prevention.
Keywords
Self-esteem
Spouse abuse
Forensic Medicine
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Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 63, Issue 2
July and August 2020
Pages 2369-2379