Journal of Family Research

Journal of Family Research

The Relation Between Domestic Violence and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Women: The Mediating Role of Mentalization

Document Type : علمی - پژوهشی

Authors
Fereshteh Zaker Anbarani 1
Mahnaz Shahgholian 1
Hamid Khanipour 2
1 Department of Psychology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Institute of Educational, Psychological & Social Research, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
10.48308/jfr.2024.231641.1581
Abstract
The aim of this research was to evaluation the relationship between domestic violence, and mentalization with post-traumatic stress disorder. The population include women’s who live in Tehran in 2019-20. By convenience sampling 306 women were selected. The Impact of Events Scale-Revised, Composite Abuse Scale, and Mentalization Scale were used to gather the data. The results of path analysis showed a significant relationship between domestic violence, mentalization and PTSD. Furthermore, domestic violence is related with PTSD through self-related mentalization. But the mediatory role of others-related mentalization and motivation to mentalize were not detected between domestic violence and PTSD symptoms. It seems domestic violence is one of the main causes of PTSD symptoms among women and PTSD symptoms among victims of domestic violence is due to disturbance in self - related mentalization capacity.
Keywords
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Domestic Violence
Mentalization
Women