Comparison of Patriarchal Culture and Incompatible Schemas between Normal Women and Women Committing Self-Immolation in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Provice

Subject Areas : Quarterly Journal of Woman and Society

s. سهامی ¹ (گروه جامعه شناسی، واحد مرودشت، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، مرودشت، ایران)
s. جلیل ² (گروه مشاوره، واحد مرودشت، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، مرودشت، ایران)

Received: 2015-03-02 Accepted : 2015-03-02 Published : 2015-02-20

Keywords: Patriarchy, incompatibility Schemas, the Women attempting self- Immolation, Normal Women,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to compare the culture of patriarchy and incompatible schemas between normal women and those attempting self-immolation in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad. To conduct the research, 50 women who had burned themselves have been selected by census and 150 healthy and normal women have been selected by cluster method. The Young Maladaptive Schema questionnaire was used to assess personality characteristics. A 31-item questionnaire made by researcher was used for patriarchal culture and alpha's validity and reliability of all was approved. Statistical methods for data analysis included factor analysis, Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and paired t-test. Causal comparative as a research design and MANOVA as a statistical method were applied. Data were analyzed. There are meaningful differences between incompatible schemas among normal women and those who set themselves on fire according to the statistical measures of the questionnaire (p<0.01). Overall, there is a significant difference between incompatibility schemas of normal women and women attempting immolation and the rate difference is estimated as %35. Similarly, the culture of patriarchy had significant difference between two samples.