TY  - JOUR
T1  - Prevalence and Severity of Violence Against Women by their
Partners in Kerman 2014
AU - Maghsoodi, Soodeh AU - Aflatoonian, Mohammad Reza AU - Aflatoonian, Behnaz 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 10
IS  - 20
SP  - 5033
EP  - 5043
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2016.5033.5043
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.5033.5043
KW  - Women
KW  -violence
KW  -partner abuse
KW  -environment
KW  -purpose
AB  - The main purpose of this research was determined the prevalence and severity of violence against
women by their husbands took place in 2014 in Kerman. Domestic violence is the most common form of violence
with the highest rate of frequency, lowest rate of report to the police and highest psychological, social and
economic complications and its reduction is a general health priority. In this cross-sectional study, 20 clusters
each consisting 20 households were selected through cluster sampling and by using postal codes from among
families in the city of (located in south east of Iran) Kerman. The 433 married women were examined ultimately.
Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire with a Cronbach’s Alpha of 89%. Data were
analyzed through SPSS22 Software and analyzed using Chi-square test, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, KruskalWallis,
Mann-Whitney U, One-Sample t-test. Altogether, 86/8% of women had been exposed to various types of
domestic violence by their partners, including psychological violence (21.1%), physical violence (30.6%), sexual
violence (22.7%) and economic violence (25.6%). Considering the results for the prevalence of domestic
violence and its related factors, reinforcing skills such as stress management, anger control and creative
thinking, methods of dealing with challenges and difficulties of married life through training couples is highly
recommended in order to reduce the rate of violence and establishing a calm familial environment.
ER  -