Prevalence of Domestic Violence against Women in Iran: A Systematic Review

Adineh, Hossein Ali; Almasi, Zeinab; Rad, Mostafa Enayat

doi:10.4172/2161-1165.1000276

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“…It is plausible that the higher education level can raise the awareness of partners of life skills, violence, and behavior management when confronting daily stressors (22). Moreover, men with higher education levels may provide better economic status for their family and it may be another reason for less IPV (24).…”

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Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence: A Study of Female Victims in Urban Versus Rural Areas of Southeast Iran

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Background: Domestic violence is the most common form of violence against women with the most social, psychological, and economic consequences. Partner violence threatens the life of the family and society. Objectives: The current study aimed to assess domestic violence against pregnant and non-pregnant women in urban and rural populations. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 800 pregnant and non-pregnant women referring to urban and rural health centers in Kerman, Iran, in 2015 -2016. The data were collected using a standardized violence questionnaire and analyzed using the One-way ANOVA for normal variables and non-parametric test (Kruskal-Wallis) was used for non-normal variables. Results: There were positive significant correlations between the spouse's education level and physical violence (P = 0.003), sexual violence (P = 0.005), and injury caused by violence (P = 0.041). The residence place had no significant effect (P = 0.69) on the occurrence of physical violence. Rural women experienced significantly more psychological violence, sexual violence, and violenceinduced injury than urban women (P = 0). Generally, the overall violence was significantly higher in rural women than in urban women (P < 0.05). The most physical violence, psychological violence, sexual violence, and injury caused by violence were observed in rural non-pregnant women (P < 0.01). Conclusions: Rural women, especially non-pregnant ones, experienced greater violence than urban women. It suggests that pregnancy is a protective period that reduces the prevalence of violence. The spouse' education level was a risk factor for committed violence. Therefore, a comprehensive program for the prevention of violence against women and screening of violence in all health centers in the south of Iran are proposed.

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“…It was reported that family financial level negatively affected IPV and unemployment was positively associated with IPV. Men's dissatisfaction with low and unstable economic situations can cause mental pressures or stress for men and thus affect IPV (24)(25)(26).…”

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Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence: A Study of Female Victims in Urban Versus Rural Areas of Southeast Iran

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“…Considering the types of violence against women is the most common type of domestic violence, with 90% of the victims of domestic violence being women [11]. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2016, one-third women aged 15-49 were at risk of physical and sexual violence [13], which is in different regions, the WHO estimates the rate of violence in the Southeast Asian region was 38% [12]. In several studies in Iran that reported violence rates between 6% and 95% [13][14][15][16].…”

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“…According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2016, one-third women aged 15-49 were at risk of physical and sexual violence [13], which is in different regions, the WHO estimates the rate of violence in the Southeast Asian region was 38% [12]. In several studies in Iran that reported violence rates between 6% and 95% [13][14][15][16]. For example of this study, Hajnasiri et al (2016), the rate of violence in the whole country was reported by 66%.…”

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Surveying the Degree of Domestic Violence against Women and its effective factors in Married Women in Sabzevar

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Mehri

Nadrian

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Asian Pac J Envi & Cancer

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Background: Violence against women is a global phenomenon experienced in the private and public areas of life. The aim of this study was to investigating the degree of violence and identifying the relevant factors for recognition, prevention and control of this phenomenon is essential. This study was conducted to determine the degree of domestic violence and its related factors in married women in Sabzevar in 2018. Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study; 360 married women in Sabzevar were selected by cluster sampling method (10 × 40) and examined. A questionnaire was used to collect data, Its validity was determined by the panel of experts and its reliability was determined by Cronbach's alpha(0.65-0.83)and self-report completed for data analysis, descriptive tests and regression-based path analysis were used. Results: According to the results, the average rate of violence against women was reported by 85.40 ± 39.55 out of a total of 290 grades. Social factors (β = 0.072), family factors (β = 0.075), and related factors of couples (β = 0.640) which explained 39% of total variance of violence. Among these factors, the effect of factors related to couples was more than other factors. Violence rate against women includes legal violence (19%), verbal violence (18%) and emotional violence (15%) were the most significant type of violence in the community. Conclusion: The degree of violence in the investigated society was significant. Due to its consequences, the degree of violence in the population should be reduced.Considering the most important factors affecting the occurrence of violence related to couples, such as the lack of training of couples and the lack of ability of couples to control anger and some of the strategies of women to deal with violence. Therefore, it is necessary for the relevant authorities to intervene in empowering couples to deal with this problems. The amount of referral to the counselor for solving very few issues should be increased by taking appropriate measures from the relevant authorities. Considering couples' suggestions such as reducing unemployment and economic problems, and also the government can help reduce the risk of violence between couples.women as a global phenomenon experienced in the private and public areas of life is a serious threat to health and human rights. This annoying behavior by a husband against a woman occurs in the privacy of the family and away from the eyes of the people of the community and often occurs secretly, which can be lead to physical and psychological harm to an individual, and also causes 1 MSc Student

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“…For instance, the overall prevalence of IPV during marriage in Iran is estimated to be 66%, and 30% of those respondents experienced at least one act of serious physical violence in the course of their marriage (Vameghi, Khodaie Ardakani, & Sajjadi, 2013). A recent systematic review of physical violence against women in Iran reveals that the prevalence of physical IPV is as high as 23%, with the highest rates obtained in Tehran (Adineh, Almasi, Enayat Rad, Zareban, & Ansari Moghaddam, 2016).…”

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The efficacy of narrative exposure therapy in a sample of Iranian women exposed to ongoing intimate partner violence—A randomized controlled trial

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Moran

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Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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Prevalence of Domestic Violence against Women in Iran: A Systematic Review

Cited by 15 publications

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Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence: A Study of Female Victims in Urban Versus Rural Areas of Southeast Iran

Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence: A Study of Female Victims in Urban Versus Rural Areas of Southeast Iran

Surveying the Degree of Domestic Violence against Women and its effective factors in Married Women in Sabzevar

The efficacy of narrative exposure therapy in a sample of Iranian women exposed to ongoing intimate partner violence—A randomized controlled trial

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