Spouse abuse is a manifestation of domestic violence that happens in the privacy and personal environment and in most cases occurs among people who are linked due to intimacy, blood relationship and legality. Violence against women can have many serious consequences such as sexual disorders, suicide, anxiety, low self-esteem and self-efficacy, unwanted pregnancy and serious harm due to the ca...

Objectives This study aimed to examine the mediating role of the cognitive emotional regulation in the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and spouse abuse. Methods In a descriptive-correlational study, a total of 324 people (226 females, 98 males) from married men and women residing in Tehran in 2018, were selected by using accidental sampling method. Participants completed the STR...

  Background : In the recent decades, domestic violence had been an all over increasing phenomenon, the victims of which are mostly women. Individuals with certain personal familiar and socio- economic characteristics may be threatened and subjected to its aggravated consequences.   Objective : To identity and correlate couple's characteristics with the kind (physical or psychological), and sev...

Expended Abstract Introduction: Domestic violence is one of the most common social deviances worldwide. Domestic violence includes child abuse, elder abuse, and spouse abuse (Moreno et al., 2005; Dalal & Lindquist, 2012). One of the most important forms of violence in the family is caused by men exercising their social or physical power against women. However, this problem is an integral part...

Expended Abstract Introduction: Domestic violence is one of the most common social deviances worldwide. Domestic violence includes child abuse, elder abuse, and spouse abuse (Moreno et al., 2005; Dalal & Lindquist, 2012). One of the most important forms of violence in the family is caused by men exercising their social or physical power against women. However, this problem is an integral part...