Evolutionary psychologists such as Wilson and Daly (1993b) hypothesize that one goal of male-perpetrated domestic violence is control over female sexuality, including the deterrence of infidelity. According to this hypothesis, domestic violence varies with women's reproductive value or expected future reproduction, declining steeply as women age. We tested this hypothesis with a sample of 3,969...

the purpose of this research is to study domestic violence against women in the city of tehran, the results of which may be generalized to all cities in iran due to tehran’s population diversity. having defined certain terms and theories, the writers have presented hypotheses, which have been tested in a field study on a statistical universe of 100 housewives, selected randomly from various are...

This is the first in an occasional series of papers through which the Clearinghouse will present original Australian research on domestic and family violence. The research described in this paper is the result of a partnership between domestic violence practitioners and academics. Collaborations such as these are increasingly recognised as essential to ensuring that research is grounded in the ...

background: study conducted by the iran and the world show that the domestic violence against women while increasing the amount, caused damage of social and psychological many for its victims. objective: study in order to determine the kinds of symptoms and the domestic violence against women, its side effects and the amount of influence communication skills training, solve the problem and deal...

CONTEXT Although there is increasing recognition of the global scope of domestic violence and the potential reproductive health consequences of violence, little is known about the relationship between physical and sexual domestic violence and gynecologic morbidity in developing country settings. METHODS A sample of 3,642 couples from northern India was created by matching husbands and wives w...

AIMS The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and determinants of domestic violence in Mongolian women. METHODS The survey was administered to 5500 people in 1000 households randomly selected from two districts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. RESULTS The response rate was 90.3% (total of 4967, and 3338 were women.). About 37.7% of respondents reported that they were affected by...

OBJECTIVE To establish the prevalence of domestic violence committed by women against male patients presenting to an urban ED for any reason. METHODS This was a prospective survey in which male patients of legal age presenting to the ED over a 13-week period were interviewed. Patients answered a series of six questions adapted from the George Washington University Universal Violence Preventio...