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Introduction & Objective: There are several indicators for determination of health status and one of the most important one is birth weight of newborns which is connected to nutrition quality, care during pregnancy, maternal health quality, growth trend, and natural development. The aim of this study was to find out the effect of maternal risk factors, especially domestic violence, on birth weight of infants in Kohgiloyeh and Boyerahmad during 2004-2005. Material & Methods: This is a prospective case control study. The case group consisted of 318 mothers having infants with birth weight less than 2500 and the control group consisted of 318 mothers having normal weight at birth. This study curried on the regions urban and rural Kohgiloyeh and Boyerahmad province from march to September 2005. Data were collected using a questionnaire and via interview. Statistical analysis was performed using T test, ، binary logistic regression, especially multiple logistic regression models. Results: The mean of birth weight was 2217±324g in case group and 3390 ±392g in control group and the mean of birth height was 46.7±4cm in case group and 49.7 ±3 cm in control group. In multiple regression model, five variables showed significant correlation with birth weight which were include: multiparus [OR = 50, CI (6.5 – 84.3)], gestational age (weeks) [OR = 5.9, CI (2.69 – 12.92)], interval between pregnancy (year) [OR = 0.46, CI (0.29 – 0.72)], birth order [OR = 0.38, CI (0.25 – 0.57)], physical violence [OR = 3, CI (2 – 4.21)]. Conclusion: A strong correlation was found between gestational ages of pregnancy with LOW. The mean of birth weight rise with increasing of birth order. Considering the type of violence, only physical violence in multiple logistic regression models had a statically significant relationship with low birth weight.

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Background & aim: Due to the adverse effects of domestic violence and trauma on women's physical and psychological health, the aim of this study was to investigate post-traumatic biological experiences in women victims of domestic violence. The aim of the present study was to determine and post-traumatic biological experiences in women victims of domestic violence.
 
Methods: In the present qualitative study conducted with the content analysis approach in 2021, the data were analyzed through secondary data analysis, semi-structured interviews with 50 women victims of domestic violence by thematic analysis.The basic theory method was collected using theoretical sampling at each stage according to the analysis of previous data from women who wished to do the interview. Data in this study were analyzed by Corbin and Strauss methods.
                   
Results: Data analysis led to the extraction of 3 explanatory categories, 20 interpretive categories and 64 descriptive categories, which were: 1. Post-traumatic behaviors experienced (coping behaviors, vengeful behaviors, turning to alcohol and smoking, affecting physiological responses, suicide attempts, and passive behaviors), 2. Post-traumatic emotions experienced (low self-esteem) , Fear, anger, hatred and lack of pleasure in life) and 3. Thoughts experienced after trauma (constant fear, feeling of helplessness and misery, wishing to die, hating being a woman, comparing oneself with others, hating oneself, thinking about divorce , the desire to kill a wife, lack of love for children, desire for betrayal, contemplating suicide, indifference, remorse for marriage, thinking of revenge and hatred of men.
 
Conclusion: Based on these results, women exposed to domestic violence have many problems in the area of experienced behavior, experienced emotions and thoughts experienced after traumatic experiences. These findings can be useful in assessing the risk, determining treatment pathways, and managing domestic violence in women victims.
 
 

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Background & aim: In recent years, violence against women has been an important problem in developing and developed countries; In such a way that the World Health Organization has declared domestic violence as a public health epidemic. Violence against women is a complex social phenomenon with psychological, physical, and moral damage. Hence, the present study was designed to investigate the prevalence of domestic violence and its related factors in married women aged 18-49 years in Yasuj, Iran.

Methods: The present cross-sectional (descriptive-analytic) study was conducted by simple random sampling, with 384 married women aged 18-49 years with a minimum of one-year marriage were enrolled from four urban health centers. Data were collected using demographic and domestic violence (33 questions in physical, verbal, emotional and financial aspects) questionnaires. Data were analyzed by the SPSS 23 software using descriptive and analytic (logistic regression) statistics.

Results: The mean age of women was 29.32 ± 5.89 years, the mean age of marriage was 21.55 ± 4.20 years. The mean age and marriage age of the husbands were 33.92 ± 6.62 and 26.47 ±4.28 years, respectively. About 90 women had experienced domestic violence during their lifetime. The most common types of violence were verbal (80), emotional (73), financial (48) and physical (22), respectively. The most common form of verbal violence was yelling (29) and verbal arguments (21). The most common form of emotional violence was the husband's interference in the relationship between the wife and her family members (18), the husband's dominance and the expectation of the wife's obedience (17). The most common form of financial violence was reluctantly paying alimony to the wife (12) and also the husband making financial decisions without asking the wife’s opinion (10). The most common form of physical violence was pushing (11.5), slapping (9) and throwing objects (9). According to logistic regression analysis, husband's age at marriage was the only predictive factor of domestic violence against women (Exp β =0/925, CI_0/95 Expβ=0/86-0/99, Sig= 0/0025).

Conclusion: Considering the high prevalence of domestic violence against women, especially verbal and emotional violence, teaching life skills, especially communication skills in marital life, is necessary in premarital counseling.

 

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Background & aim: Nowadays, there are factors that cause nervous tension in the lives of all people and it has created problems for children in families, domestic violence sometimes occurs in families due to the mutual understanding of parents and children, which leads to thoughts It becomes negative in children such as suicide. The purpose of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of psychological empowerment training and schema therapy on psychological resilience and suicidal ideation of teenage girls who were victims of domestic violence in Dehdasht, Iran.

Methods: The present quasi-experimental study consisted of a three-stage design (pre-test-post-test-follow-up) and three groups with a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the study included teenage girls who were victims of domestic violence in Dehdasht, Iran, in the second half of 2022. A total of 45 participants were randomly selected in three groups of 15 people each; psychological empowerment training experiment, schema therapy, and control. The collected data were analyzed using statistical tests of analysis of variance with a mixed design and Bonferroni post hoc test.

Results: The results indicated that psychological empowerment training and schema therapy on psychological resilience (Eta=0.43, p>0.00123 F=34), suicidal ideation (Eta=0.45 p>0.001, F=21.32) and cognitive fusion (Eta=0.44, p>0.00112 F=19) of adolescent girls who were victims of violence. Home had a significant effect and this effect has continued. Moreover, the results of the follow-up test indicated that there was a significant difference between the effectiveness of psychological empowerment training and schema therapy on psychological resilience, suicidal ideation, and cognitive fusion of adolescent girls who are victims of domestic violence (p<0.05). In this manner, psychological empowerment training was more effective than schema therapy and has continued.

Conclusion: Based on the findings of the present study, considering the greater effectiveness of psychological empowerment training on increasing psychological resilience and reducing suicidal thoughts and cognitive fusion in adolescent girls who were victims of domestic violence, it is suggested that special attention be paid to psychological empowerment in adolescents who are victims of violence.