objective: spouse abuse is a worldwide health concern with prevalent psychiatric and medical consequences in victims. the present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of spouse abuse among a group of women living in tehran and survey their mental health status. methods: totally, 1186 married women were selected through a randomized systematic sampling from 22 districts of tehran. ini...

The Revised Family Code (RFC) of Ethiopia states the circumstance in which a spouse can claim maintenance. These are during divorce proceeding and, ordinarily, as any person, citing provisions that explicate obligation to supply RFC puts spouses at top rank maintenance claimants’ order. This raises question whether this applies while marriage is intact, proceedings progress, or an ex-spouse. co...

Objective: This survey aimed at finding a model for determining the direct and indirect effects of spouse abuse on the psychological health of victimized women as well as analysis of the mediating roles of social support and coping mechanisms on the relationship between spouse abuse and psychological health condition. Methods: A total of 192 women were selected by random sampling. They compl...

A measure of positive affect toward spouse was developed in 1975, and revisions of that measure with subsequent item analyses are presented from a contrasted group comparison (clinic vs. community couples; total couple N = 104). Reliability and validity data are presented to indicate the utility of the measure, positive feelings toward spouse. A 17-item questionnaire with all items that met a h...