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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Main Authors: Ava Sirin Tav, Bülent Kadri Gultekin, Beyza Sarioz Arpacioglu
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Language:English
Published: ANP Publishing 2018-09-01
Series:Klinik Psikiyatri Dergisi
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Online Access:https://www.journalagent.com/kpd/pdfs/KPD-66375-RESEARCH_ARTICLE-TAV.pdf
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author Ava Sirin Tav
Bülent Kadri Gultekin
Beyza Sarioz Arpacioglu
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-0d90a4f007cd42a382eb98103f7429272023-02-15T16:07:41ZengANP PublishingKlinik Psikiyatri Dergisi1302-00992146-71532018-09-0121325426010.5505/kpd.2018.66375Clinical characteristics, adjustment between the couples and the quality of sexual life of married women who are exposed to physical domestic violenceAva Sirin Tav0Bülent Kadri Gultekin1Beyza Sarioz Arpacioglu2M.D.Assoc. Prof.M.D.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.https://www.journalagent.com/kpd/pdfs/KPD-66375-RESEARCH_ARTICLE-TAV.pdfDomestic violencewomanquality of sexual lifeadjustment between the couples
spellingShingle Ava Sirin Tav
Bülent Kadri Gultekin
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Clinical characteristics, adjustment between the couples and the quality of sexual life of married women who are exposed to physical domestic violence
Klinik Psikiyatri Dergisi
Domestic violence
woman
quality of sexual life
adjustment between the couples
title Clinical characteristics, adjustment between the couples and the quality of sexual life of married women who are exposed to physical domestic violence
title_full Clinical characteristics, adjustment between the couples and the quality of sexual life of married women who are exposed to physical domestic violence
title_fullStr Clinical characteristics, adjustment between the couples and the quality of sexual life of married women who are exposed to physical domestic violence
title_full_unstemmed Clinical characteristics, adjustment between the couples and the quality of sexual life of married women who are exposed to physical domestic violence
title_short Clinical characteristics, adjustment between the couples and the quality of sexual life of married women who are exposed to physical domestic violence
title_sort clinical characteristics adjustment between the couples and the quality of sexual life of married women who are exposed to physical domestic violence
topic Domestic violence
woman
quality of sexual life
adjustment between the couples
url https://www.journalagent.com/kpd/pdfs/KPD-66375-RESEARCH_ARTICLE-TAV.pdf
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