The effectiveness of self-defense training on marital adjustment and family cohesion in women involved in domestic violence referring to Ardabil justice

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1 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardebil, Iran

2 MSc, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardebil, Iran

3 MA student In Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil Branch, Ardabil, Iran.

4 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardebil, Iran

Abstract

Domestic violence is one of the factors affecting the family distress and the separation of couples that its spread rate is significant in Ardebil city.  This study conducted in order to determine the effectiveness of self-defense training on improving marital adjustment and family cohesion in women involved in domestic violence. The research method was semi-experimental with pre-posttest design with the control group. The statistical population of this current study comprised of all married women, referring to Ardabil justice in 1394 due to domestic violence. Among them using the available sampling, 30 individuals were selected and assigned randomly to the experimental group (n=15) and control group (n=15). The experimental group received 6 sessions of 75 minutes of defense training (based training package, Jackie et al. 2013). The revised Dyadic adjustment scale (Busby, Crane, Larson, & Christensen, 1995) and family cohesion questionnaire (Samani, 2002) were used to collect data. The gathered data were analyzed by multivariate covariance analysis test. The results showed that self-defense training result in increasing of marital adjustment (F=12/05; P<0/02) and family cohesion (F=40/92; P<0/01) in women involved in domestic violence. This result appears that self-defense training can be resulted in marital adjustment and cohesion via mental Empowerment and decreasing the frequency of domestic violence.

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Family Counseling and Psychotherapy
Volume 7, Issue 2 - Serial Number 24
February 2018
Pages 82-98

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  • Receive Date: 19 September 2016
  • Revise Date: 21 October 2017
  • Accept Date: 18 July 2017

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