أثر العنف الأسري على الصحة النفسية للمراة في القدس الشرقة
Date
2009-05-01
Authors
علا علي صالح حسين
Ola Ali Saleh Hussein
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AL-Quds University
جامعة القدس
جامعة القدس
Abstract
This study studies the effect of domestic violence on women’s mental health
in East Jerusalem. The field work procedures for this study has been
implemented between December 2008 and March 2009, the study group
targeted included battered married women between the ages 19-49 in East
Jerusalem, who have visited centers that provide mental health services or
social services in Jerusalem city. For research purposes the target groups were
divided into five centers: Women's Center for Legal Aid and Counseling
Working through its various units to adopt the issues of women and girls who
are victims of violence and violation of social and legal; Palestinian
Counseling Center which is a guidance and counseling center specializes in
the field of community mental health, through the provision of services in
individual therapy, group therapy, rehabilitation program for the mentally ill,
and the psychiatric service; Popular Center at Beit Hanina which provides
various services for all ages at Jerusalem, including special services to guide
and support women; Old City Center for Counseling Caritas which deals in
particular with drug and alcohol addicts and their families, wives and
children, providing psychological services to battered wives of addicts; and
finally, Saraya Center for Community is a community center which provides
various services, including psychological and social services for battered
women0 After selecting the target group for this study, a study sample was
determined, the sample size is 124. Intentional sampling was used for
selecting the sample.
This study aimed to identify the prevalence of domestic violence among the
sample and its impact on mental health. In addition, to discover what kinds of
family and social support is given to battered women to overcome this
problem. Another purpose was to find the associations between demographicfactors (age, educational qualification, place of residence, etc.) to the
existence of the phenomenon of domestic violence, and finally to detect the
prevalence of psychological symptoms among battered women.
The primary tool for the study was questionnaire for collecting the required
information. It included four parts; the first part was the raw data for general
public study. The second part was the conflict tactics scale, which included 36questions to measure family violence against women, designed by Strauss and
others (Straus, et al. 1996). The third part was a measure of personal
assessment of the family during a crisis containing 24 questions designed by
McCubbin and others (McCubbin, et al. 1982). Finally, to measure the
psychological condition using a short list of the psychological state of the
scale 90, which included 53 questions, designed by Derogatis (Derogatis,
1993).
Data entry and analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Science
(SPSS). The results of this study showed that 30.3% of the study cases were
subjected to domestic violence in general, and that 41.1% of the cases have
been subjected to psychological violence, while 34.3%, to physical injuries,
and then the fight beyond the physical by 26.7%, and finally, the lowest
percentage of physical violence 10.8%. As for the level of psychological
symptoms, the highest intensity was recorded as 37.2% of hostility, and
obsessive-compulsive disorder 35.1%, 32.7% depression, followed by
anxiety 31.3% and 30.4% psychotic, interactive sensitivity 28.3%, followed
by phobia 28%, while virtual paranoia was 27%, and finally, physical
symptoms, 24.0%.
The study also founded a positive relationship of a statistical significance
between “domestic violence” and (physical symptoms, interactive sensitivity,
depression). In addition, to a negative relationship of statistical significance
between “negotiations” and (Phobia and paranoia virtual). It also found a
positive relationship of a statistical significance between “physical fight " and
(physical symptoms, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, interactive
sensitivity, depression, paranoia virtual, psychotic, as well as overall
psychological symptoms). It also noted substantial differences with statistical
significance between the different age groups and "severe physical violence"
in the interest of subjected younger women in age (19 to 25). In addition to
substantial differences between educational level and the degree of exposure
to domestic violence for the benefit of the uneducated subjected women.
Also, substantial differences between the place of residence and the
negotiations for the subjected women for the benefit of women who lived in
the city. Finally, statistically significant differences between the place of
residence and severe physical violence in favor of subjects who lived in the
camp.
The most important recommendations for this study were to focus on
awareness-raising programs on domestic violence and women's rights and to
work on the empowerment of women and their role in the family and society,
the enactment and implementation of laws on domestic violence.
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الصحة النفسية المجتمعية , Community Mental Health