Perspectives about Women's Abuse between a sample of Male and Female Workers at Hadhramout University

Document Type : Original Article

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1 faculty of nursing, zagazig university

2 faculty of nursing, Hadhramout University

3 College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Hadhramout University, Yemen

Abstract

Background: Abuse of woman by their intimate partner remains a major social and public health problem that has serious physical, psychological and sexual consequences. Aim of the study: was to assess perspectives of males and women workers at Hadhramout University about Women's Abuse. Subjects & Methods: Research design: A comparative cross-sectional descriptive design was used. Setting: Hadhramout University Colleges. Subjects: 240 participants. Tools of data collection: open-ended in depth interview questionnaire sheet that were used to collect data. Results: Results revealed that the most common type of abuse was emotional abuse in the form of Humiliation (8.4% males & 10% females) and women's negligence (7.5% males & 1.7% females) and its important causes were personality traits of husband (27.5% males & 15.8% females) and personality traits of women (25% males & 11.7% females) and also, intervention of others on their problems (15% males & 10.8% females). Psychological effect on woman as hate of marital life (16.7% males & 14.2% females) and poor communication or discussion with husband (16.7% males & 6.7% females) and behavioral disorder as children maltreatment (26.7% males & 11.7% females) and home leaving (11.7% males & 10% females). On the other hand, psychological effect on children was lack of self-esteem (13.3% males & 8.3% females) and behavioral disorder was deviance (14.2% males & 18.3 females) according to perspectives of participants. Conclusion: The most common types of women abuse were humiliation and women's negligence, and lack of self-esteem was the common psychological effect of women's abuse on the children life. The best ways to control of women's abuse according to perspectives of participants' were communication both of them and comply with religious rules. Recommendations: Comply religious rules, and training programs with health team about marital life and women abuse.

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