Psychosocial characteristic of female victims of domestic violence

Moez, Khaled Abd El; Elsyed, Mona; Yousef, Ismail; Eldeen, Amany Waheed; Ellithy, Wafa

doi:10.4103/1110-1105.134197

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“…The results obtained suggest that women with a higher frequency of violence and older age have more prominent dimension of depression. El Moez et al ( 20 ) in study conducted in a group of women, who because of physical domestic abuse sought help at the emergency department, found that this group of women on personality test showed more depressive, psychotic and psychopathic manifestations. Amini et al ( 21 ) found the connection of depression and anxiety with the degree of extraversion and neuroticism, and that personality traits of abused women have an impact on their mental health.…”

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Emotional Profile of Women Victims of Domestic Violence

2017

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Introduction:Research indicates that women victims of domestic violence show significant cognitive changes, emotional numbing, and avoidance of interpersonal relationships.Aim:The aim of this research was to analyze emotional profile of women victims of domestic violence, and to determine the relationship between dimensions of emotions and frequency of women exposure to domestic violence.Methods:The research was conducted on the sample of 169 women, 111 were victims of domestic violence and 58 were women who did not experience domestic violence. Plutchik’s Emotions Profile Index (EPI) was used for measuring of the emotion profile, and the Modified Inventory of Domestic Violence for measuring experiences of different types of violence. Basic socio-demographic data were also collected.Results:Significant differences between women victims of domestic violence and women who did not experience domestic violence were found in a few dimensions of emotional profile. Women victims of domestic violence had higher results in the dimensions of deprivation/depression and aggression/destruction, while women who did not experience domestic violence had higher results in dimensions of reproduction and incorporation. Aggression was in significant negative correlation with reproduction, incorporation and self protection, whereas it was significant positive correlation with deprivation and opposition. There were significant and positive correlation between the dimensions of aggression and deprivation and frequency of all three forms of domestic violence and age of women.Conclusion:According to results obtained in this research, it can be concluded that women victims of domestic violence have significantly more intensive negative emotional dimensions in comparison to women who were not abused. Women victims of domestic violence with higher frequency of abuse describe themselves as more sad, apathetic, lonely, angry, quarrelsome and less sociable. Prominence of negative emotions, deprivation and aggression, can be factor of risk for mental health disorders and for re-victimisation of women victims of domestic violence.

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confidence: 99%