Spouse abuse and mental health:the role of social support and cophng strategies

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Leily Panaghi ¹ , Shahrbano Ghahari ² , Zohre Ahmadabadi ³ , Hamid Yoosefi ⁴

1 - PhD Shahid Beheshti University Family Research Institute
2 - PhD Clinical Psychologist
3 - M. A. in Social Research
4 - MD Psychiatrist

Received: 2015-06-05 Accepted : 2015-06-05 Published : 2008-09-22

Keywords: social support, mental health, Coping Strategies, spouse abuse,

Abstract :

This study compared mental health, social support and coping strategies of abused women with those of a control group. A group of abused women (n=45) and a group of women who were not victims of abuse (n=72), completed Spouse Abuse Questionnaire (Ghahari, Atef Vahid, & Yoosefi, 2005), General Health Questionnaire (Goldberg, 1972), Social Support Scale (Cassidy & Long, 1996) and Coping Scale (Ghadamgahi, 1997). The MANOVA revealed that women with spouse abuse have lower scores in general health and social support and higher scores in coping strategies.