Psychopathology dimensions of females experiencing family violence and a perspective to their habilitation

Violence is a widespread problem that occurs all over the word among all ages, genders, races,educational level and socio- economic groupsthe aim of this study was to investigate modeling of different processes that could account for the linkbetween experiencing spouse abuse in women and psychology, psychopathology, social and demographicfactors.method:data were gathered through a family violence survey study. 230 married women participated in thisstudy. participants were selected by a multi-cluster sampling method from 4 different randomized regions oftehran. they completed 1- conflict tactic scale-2, 2- personal and relationship profile, 3-symptoms checklist inventory, 4- marital attitude survey, 5-social and demographic measures .results:based on participants’ scores in conflict tactics scale-2, women who were experiencing violence(victims) were recognized and in compare to non-experiencing women (non-victims) a model of family violencevictimization was drawn. this model showed the paths from psychology, psychopathology, social anddemographic factors to experiencing violence.conclusion:based on the model with a series of paths which may act as effective determinants for experiencingviolence (family violence victimization) in women, habilitation services must consider the influenceof each factor which may change or modify by some recognized mediating interventions .so, it may beconcluded that based on present study, a reduction of psychopathology would have a beneficial impact overexperiencing spousal violence.