Developing a Model for the Role of Difficulty in Emotion Regulation and Intolerance of Anxiety in Domestic Violence Against Women among the Couples Referring to Counseling Centers: The Mediating Role of Marital Conflict

Abstract

Background and Aim: The most common form of violence against women is domestic violence, with the highest probability of repetition and the highest social, psychological and economic consequences, which often occur by the closest people in the family. This study aimed to develop a model for the role of difficulty in emotion regulation and intolerance of anxiety in domestic violence against women considering the mediating role of marital conflict in couples referring to counseling centers in Sanandaj City. Materials and Methods: This was a fundamental stady based on descriptive methods. The stady population included all women referring to counseling centers in Sanandaj between 1398 and 1399.Using converience sampling method a total of 300 women were entered into the study. For data collection we used, Domestic Violence Questionnaire against Women by Mohseni Tabrizi et al. (2010), Simmons and Gahr Distress Intolerance Questionnaire (2005), Emotional Regulation Difficulties Questionnaire, and Barati and Sanaei Marital Conflict Questionnaire (1996). Using PLS-3 software, data were analyzed by structural equation model. Results: The results showed the direct effects of emotion regulation difficulty (8.202), anxiety intolerance (4.081) and marital conflict (641.64) on domestic violence against women. The results also showed indirect effects of emotional regulation difficulty through marital conflict (4.347) and intolerance of anxiety through marital conflict (4.798) on domestic violence against women. Conclusion: The results showed that marital conflict acts as a mediator. In fact, it is considered a motivating factor for commiting violence against women.

Keywords

• emotion difficulty
• anxiety intolerance
• domestic violence
• marital conflict