Clinical characteristics, adjustment between the couples and the quality of sexual life of married women who are exposed to physical domestic violence
Objective: The present study was performed to assess the adjustment between the couples in married women who were exposed to domestic violence and the effects of domestic violence on the quality of sexual life. Method: The study included 162 married women between the ages of 18 and 65 years, wh...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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ANP Publishing
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Klinik Psikiyatri Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://www.journalagent.com/kpd/pdfs/KPD-66375-RESEARCH_ARTICLE-TAV.pdf |
| Summary: | Objective: The present study was performed to assess
the adjustment between the couples in married women
who were exposed to domestic violence and the effects
of domestic violence on the quality of sexual life.
Method: The study included 162 married women
between the ages of 18 and 65 years, who were conse
cutively admitted to the general psychiatry outpatient
clinic of Ministry of Health Erenköy Research and
Education Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological
Diseases between 01.06.2017 and 01.09.2017.
Structured psychiatric interview (SCID-I) according to the
DSM-IV diagnostic criteria were performed all individuals
participating in the study. The patients included in the
study completed the sociodemografic data form, domestic
violence questionnaire form, Dyadic Adjustment Scale
for Measurement of Marital Quality with Turkish Couples
and Quality of Sexual Life Questionnaire. Results:
Among the patients who participated in the study, 62
(38.27%) of them had been exposed to domestic physical
violence. While 42.0% of those who had not been
exposed to domestic physical violence had an
arranged/involuntary marriage, the percentage of those
who had an arranged marriage among women who
were exposed to domestic violence was 61.3%. Women
who were not exposed to domestic physical violence had
significantly higher scores from the Quality of Sexual Life
Questionnaire than that of those who were exposed to
domestic physical violence (p<0.001). Furthermore,
agreement, satisfaction, adjustment and total subscales
of the Dyadic Adjustment Scale were found to be signi
ficantly higher in women who were not exposed to
domestic physical violence (p<0.001). Discussion: We
found in the present study that adjustment between the
couples and quality of sexual life was quite low in
women who were exposed physical domestic violence. It
is quite important that people who are dealing with
mental health should not only assess the symptoms of
the disease but also the components of the woman’s
social and cultural background and include domestic violence
in the anamnesis. |
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| ISSN: | 1302-0099 2146-7153 |