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Training Needs Assessment to Design Empowerment Programs for Preventing Domestic Violence Against Iranian Married Women
Ms Leila Kianfard, Dr. Saadat Parhizgar, Dr. Ali Musavizadeh, Dr. Mohsen Shams,
Volume 16, Issue 1 (5-2017)
Abstract

Background and Purpose: The World Health Organization declared violence against women a top priority for health and emphasized the importance of the world's attention to the prevention and control programs. This study was conducted aimed to identify the training needs of married women referring to health centers in Ahvaz with the objective of enabling the design of a program to prevent violence.

Methodology: This sectional study consisted of two qualitative and quantitative studies. In qualitative study, the opinions of 30 married women residing in Ahvaz were collected and analyzed in four focus group discussions. using a validated and reliable questionnaire, the knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy and performance of 320 married women in area of domestic violence were identified

Findings: 79% of the women surveyed had adequate awareness about violence against women. 34% of the target group in the field of domestic violence against women has had the right attitude and more than 80% of them stated that violence by men is considered inevitable and natural. 89% of the target group expressed lack of efficacy for the prevention of domestic violence against women. The findings also suggest that there is significant relationship between education and early marriage with violent behavior.

Conclusion: providing proper education and awareness to women and group discussion and clarification in order to change attitudes and increase efficacy in abused women against domestic violence are the necessary strategies which result in changing attitudes of women and increasing empowerment of women against domestic violence.


Comparing Effectiveness of Emotional Schema Therapy, Forgiveness -Based Compassion Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on Affective Capital in Women of Victim of Domestic Violence
Dr Felor Khayatan, Ms Safoora Hadian, Dr Mohsen Golparvar,
Volume 23, Issue 6 (2-2025)
Abstract
Introduction: Domestic violence refers to violence that occurs in the private environment of the family, and generally occurs between people who are tied together by intimacy and blood or legal relationship. The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of emotional therapy schema, forgiveness-oriented compassion therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy on affective capital of women victims of domestic violence.
Method: This semi -experimental study was conducted using a pre-test and post-test with a control  group and a 45 day follow-up. The statistical population included women victims of domestic violence referring to health centers in Falavarjan in the summer of 2023, of which 60 people were selected purposively and randomly assigned to three experimental groups and one control group (15 people). The experimental groups received emotional schema therapy, compassion therapy based on forgiveness, and cognitive behavioral therapy. Data were collected using the Affective Capital (Golparvar, 2016) Questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using repeated measures ANOVA and Bonferroni post-hoc tests, utilizing SPSS software version 23.
Rusults: The results indicated the effectiveness of all three interventions on increasing affective capital and its dimensions in women victims of domestic violence. The effects of all three treatments remained in the follow-up phase as well (p<0/01); However, no significant difference was observed between the effectiveness of the mentioned treatment methods in this field (p<0/05).
Conclusion: The results of this study indicated that all three approaches, schema of emotional therapy, forgiveness-based compassion therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy significantly affected affective capital in women who are victims of domestic violence and can be utilized by therapists.
 

Conflict of interest: The authors declared no conflict of interest.
 
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