جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « spousal abuse » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

Spousal violence is one of the major problems of women. The personality traits of couples have been mentioned as one of the factors related to spousal violence, although there are contradictory results. The present study aims to determine the relationship between the personality traits of couples and spousal abuse against women of reproductive age.

In this cross-sectional study, participants were 156 couples covered by the health centers in Sari, Iran, in 2022, who were selected with a systematic sampling method. The data were collected using a socio-demographic form, the spousal abuse questionnaire, and Goldberg’s international personality item pool. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS software, version 25. The data were reported by using Mean±SD, frequency, and percentage and were analyzed using logistic regression analysis. The significance level was set at 0.05

Mild emotional abuse had the highest prevalence (76.3%). Husband’s conscientiousness trait predicted emotional abuse of women. Husband’s agreeableness trait and wife’s neuroticism trait predicted physical abuse of women, and husband’s neuroticism trait predicted sexual abuse of women. Moreover, husband’s smoking predicted physical abuse of women.

The personality traits of couples can predict spousal abuse of women. Identifying the personality traits of couples, along with individual and social factors, can significantly help in prevention, screening, and developing appropriate treatments for abused women.

The term wife abuse, contrary to the fact that it is used in the public's mind as the husband's harassment against the wife; it is also used as the wife's harassment against the husband. Spousal abuse as a result of unwanted marriage is one of the types of spousal abuse that can be imagined by any couple. The present research aims to explain the emotional and psychological abuse of the spouse caused by the continuation of unwanted marriage and the examples and bases of its prohibition from the perspective of Imami jurisprudence.

This research is of a theoretical type and the research method is descriptive-analytical and the method of collecting information is library-based and was done by referring to documents, books and articles.
Ethical Considerations: In this research, the principles of trustworthiness, honesty, neutrality and originality of the work have been respected.

Mental and emotional spousal abuse, as the most important phenomenon of unwanted marriage, occurs in different ways by each husband and wife.

Verses from the Quran, including verse 6 of Surah Talaq and 19 of Surah Nisa, implying commitment, indicate the prohibition of mental and emotional abuse of spouses, on the other hand, mental and emotional abuse of each spouse towards the other, often with There is a kind of difficulty and embarrassment and the introduction of harm, which is based on the rules of negation of difficulty and embarrassment, associating with the famous and harmless is prohibited.

Please cite this article as:Fadaee Z, Molai Kandlos F. Spouse Emotional and Psychological Abuse Caused by the Continuation of Unwanted Marriage, Examples and Bases of its Prohibition from the Perspective of Imami Jurisprudence Abstract. Medical Law Journal. 2023; 17(58): e43.

One of the manifestations of violence against women is spousal abuse. Due to patriarchy in Iranian societies, spousal abuse is mainly applied by men and against women in various forms.

The present study aimed to develop a model of experiencing spousal violence in women based on personality traits with a mediating role of psychological distress.

The present study is an applied-fundamental research in terms of aim and a descriptive, structural equations type research in terms of implementation. The study population consisted of all women referring to divorce counseling, welfare, social emergency and counseling centers in Sanandaj in 2021. Among them, 400 were selected using a convenience sampling method. The research instruments included the Spousal Abuse, Dark Personality Traits, Alexithymia and Psychological Distress questionnaires. SPSS-25 and SmartPLS-3.2.8 software was used to analyze the data.

The results showed that dark personality traits (β=0.351), alexithymia (β=0.168) and psychological distress (β=0.470) have direct and positive (p<0.001) impact on spousal abuse, and dark personality traits (β=0.198) and alexithymia (β=0.207) indirectly and through psychological distress (p<0.001) had a positive and significant effect on spousal abuse. The standardized root mean squared residual was 0.067, indicating a good fit of the model.

Women with high scores of alexithymia, dark personality traits and psychological distress are more likely to be abused by their husbands. By controlling these characteristics, it is possible to change the behavior of spouses towards women, and finally, it is possible to prevent spousal abuse and further harms.

Spousal abuse is defined as any kind of violence by a spouse or sexual partner and today is one of the social problems observed in the form of physical violence, emotional psychological violence, and sexual violence. This study aimed to investigate the patterns and risk factors of spousal abuse in patients referred to forensic medicine in Tehran during the years 2020 to 2021.

This study was a descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study. Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 322 people were included in the study over 2 years. Data collection had two sections: demographic variables and a short form of spousal abuse experience questionnaire. Finally, the data were analyzed by SPSS software version 24.

According to the questionnaire scores, the most common pattern of spousal abuse is verbal violence. Heavy physical violence has the lowest frequency pattern. In terms of ranking, the pattern of emotional violence, light physical violence, and sexual violence are after verbal violence. In the study of factors relevant  to spousal abuse, a significant relationship was found between the age of the victim's spouse, education level of women and their spouses, type of residence, number of children, and history of spousal abuse with the incidence of spousal abuse (P<0.05). There was, however, no difference between the age of women victims of spousal abuse, place of residence, and previous years of marriage with the incidence of spousal abuse (P>0.05).

Although in previous studies, emotional or psychological violence has been the most common, in the present study, verbal violence has been realized as the most common type of spousal abuse; therefore preventive policies and design of required interventions at different levels of society are relevant.

Spousal abuse is defined as any kind of violence by a spouse or sexual partner and today is one of the social problems observed in the form of physical violence, emotional psychological violence, and sexual violence. This study aimed to investigate the patterns and risk factors of spousal abuse in patients referred to forensic medicine in Tehran during the years 2020 to 2021.

This study was a descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study. Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 322 people were included in the study over 2 years. Data collection had two sections: demographic variables and a short form of spousal abuse experience questionnaire. Finally, the data were analyzed by SPSS software version 24.

According to the questionnaire scores, the most common pattern of spousal abuse is verbal violence. Heavy physical violence has the lowest frequency pattern. In terms of ranking, the pattern of emotional violence, light physical violence, and sexual violence are after verbal violence. In the study of factors relevant  to spousal abuse, a significant relationship was found between the age of the victim's spouse, education level of women and their spouses, type of residence, number of children, and history of spousal abuse with the incidence of spousal abuse (P<0.05). There was, however, no difference between the age of women victims of spousal abuse, place of residence, and previous years of marriage with the incidence of spousal abuse (P>0.05).

Although in previous studies, emotional or psychological violence has been the most common, in the present study, verbal violence has been realized as the most common type of spousal abuse; therefore preventive policies and design of required interventions at different levels of society are relevant.

Men’s views ongender equality, role and rights of men and women within the family may influence the tendency for violence against woman. The objective of this study was to determine the perception of men with a history of committing domestic violence on equality, role and rights of men and women in the family in Tehran.

This study was of qualitative design and participants were selected via convenience sampling method among those who were referred to family counselor in Tehran. Data were collectedusing semi-structured interview and demographic questionnaire in 11 interview sessions and then analyzed.

From participants’ point of view, sexual, mental and emotional needs of husband and children were the most important duties of wife and providing welfare, comfort and security of family besides meeting pecuniary, mental and sexual needs of wife are underlying duties of man. More than half of participants did not believe in gender equity and had no idea about woman rights in marital relationship. Most participants did not recognize any sort of legitimate of illegitimate sexual relationship outside the bonds of marriage for married men.

The results of this study indicated that more than half of male perpetrators did not believe in equal rights of man and woman in family and did not have enough information about the rights of woman.