Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
J Transcult Nurs. 2011 Jul;22(3):265-73. doi: 10.1177/1043659611404424. Epub 2011 May 2.
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between marital abuse and psychological well-being among women in the southern region of Jordan.
A descriptive correlational design was used to collect data from a randomly selected sample of 915 women in the southern region of Jordan. Data collected were related to forms of marital abuse and six domains of psychological well-being.
The analysis showed that women have moderate to high level of psychological well-being. The prevalence of ever being abused during the past 12 months ranged from 3.2% (n = 25) for being threatened with a knife to 45.1% (n = 348) for their husbands being unconcerned about them while they were sick. There were significant differences in marital abuse related to having ever had school education (χ(2) = 8.56, df = 2, p = .014). All forms of marital abuse were highly correlated (p < .01). Self-acceptance and environmental mastery domains of psychological well-being had negative and significant correlation with all forms of marital abuse (p < .01). DISCUSSION OF CONCLUSION: Health professionals in health care centers need to assess for marital abuse and its consequence on women's health. Interventions should emphasize promotion of psychological well-being and the factors that influence women empowerment.
本研究旨在考察约旦南部地区女性中婚姻虐待与心理健康之间的关系。
采用描述性相关设计，从约旦南部地区随机抽取了 915 名女性作为样本收集数据。收集的数据与婚姻虐待的形式和心理健康的六个领域有关。
分析表明，女性的心理健康水平处于中等偏上水平。在过去 12 个月中，曾遭受过的虐待形式包括被威胁用刀（3.2%，n=25）和丈夫在妻子生病时漠不关心（45.1%，n=348）。婚姻虐待与受过学校教育有关（χ²（2）=8.56，df=2，p=0.014）。所有形式的婚姻虐待都高度相关（p<.01）。心理健康的自我接纳和环境掌控领域与所有形式的婚姻虐待都呈负相关（p<.01）。
医疗中心的卫生专业人员需要评估婚姻虐待及其对妇女健康的影响。干预措施应强调促进心理健康以及影响妇女赋权的因素。
