Development of Screening Inventory for Thai Muslim Spouses at Risk of Domestic Violence Behaviors in Satun Province

Abstract

The objective of this research was to develop a screening inventory for Thai Muslims spouses at risk of domestic violence behaviors in Satun Province. The study was conducted with the subject group of 1,140 households consisting of 2,280 people recruited through multi-stage sampling. The data were analyzed using the R program to find out the indexes of item-objective congruence, t-values, corrected item-total correlation coefficients, Cronbach's alpha coefficients, percentile rank scores, and the normalized t-scores.The results of the study revealed that the screening inventory for Thai Muslims spouses at risk of domestic violence behaviors in Satun Province consisted of 48 question items with the indexes of item-objective congruence (IOC) between 0.80-1.00, the t-values between 3.668-18.655, the corrected item-total correlation coefficients between .308-.823, the Cronbach's alpha coefficients (reliability) of .936, the percentile rank scores in the range 23.62-99.87, and the normalized t-scores in the range T23-T80.11.

Family background in upbringing, experience of violence, and authority relationship among married, Thai, Muslim couples in Pattani province experiencing domestic violence

“…Such problems affect victims as well as witnesses physically and mentally, and undermine happiness in the family. Domestic violence has become prevalent in society, in families from any economic status, profession, race and religion, and as a result, more organizations in the government and private sectors give importance to prevention and solving the problems (Kongsakon & Pojam, 2008;Laeheem, 2014). This is different from the past when Thai society did not place much importance on nor recognized domestic violence because it used to be considered a personal matter between the husband and wife, and that husbands were the owner of their wife and had the right to do anything with their wife while their wife could not resist, and others should not interfere.…”

Family Background Risk Factors Associated with Domestic Violence among Married Thai Muslims Couples in Pattani Province

“…The research instrument was the Screening Inventory for Thai Muslim Spouses at Risk of Domestic Violence Behaviors (Laeheem, 2014) that was developed by the researcher, and has been tested for its quality and to be with normal criteria for results interpretation. The five rating scales are: 4 = Regularly (16 times or more); 3 = Often (11 -15 times); 2 = Quite often (6 -10 times); 1 = Once in a while (1 -5 times); and 0 = Never.…”

“…This hidden problem is complicated with an increasing degree of violence, which makes it more difficult to prevent and tackle (Kungsakon & Pojam, 2008;Laeheem, 2014). This is different from the past when most people in Thai society did not give as much importance and realization to domestic violence as they should have because they thought that domestic violence was a personal problem specifically for family members only, and other people should not interfere or intervene (Pradabmuk, 2003;Kungsakon & Pojam, 2008).…”

Causes of Domestic Violence between Thai Muslim Married Couples in Satun Province

“…The reason for this is that Thai society usually regards domestic violence as a personal matter of families that people outside cannot interfere, and as only violation of human rights. That is why domestic violence is a hidden and complicated problem that is difficult to prevent and to solve (Karnkanakul, 1997;Promrak, 2007;Laeheem, 2014). Domestic violence is negative behavior against each other between family members that is more severe than only feeling unhappy or feeling that arises from irregular emotion that has been accumulated including experiences and the thinking process of individuals in response to different environments.…”

“…As can be seen, the frequencies did not decrease to the level in 2008 of only 54 cases (Center of Violence against Children and Women and Domestic Violence Information, 2013). Supanichwatana and Laeheem (2014) stated that domestic violence between spouses scenarios reflect the reality that the assault of a wife has continually become more serious in degree, 39.5 percent of wives were physically assaulted by their husbands annually in Thailand.…”