TY  - JOUR
TI  - Research of marital adjustment and domestic violence among physicians
AB  - Objective: This study aimed to determine physicians’ level of marital adjustment and their status of exposure tofamily violence, and to determine the effects of possible factors on marital adjustment and violence. Methods: Thisstudy was a cross-sectional descriptive study performed on a total of 296 married volunteer physicians who servedat Van city centrum. The questionnaire form contained Marital Adjustment Test (MAT) to assess marital adjustment.The statistical analysis of the study data was done with One-Way ANOVA and chi-square tests. Results: Our studyshowed that 56.4% of physicians had marital adjustment in their marriages and 43.6% did not. The mean MATscore of all physicians was 41.99±9.80; they were generally non-adjusted in their marriages. This research revealedthat male physicians were more adjusted in their marriage than their female counterparts. It was also shown thatphysicians who were satisfied with their working position had a significantly greater MAT score than those who werenot. Of the enrolled physicians, 41.6% had a history of domestic violence. The exposed domestic violence wasemotional in 81.3%, verbal in 74.8%, economic in 25.2%, physical in 10.6%, and sexual in 1.6%. Female physicianswere exposed to domestic violence at a greater rate than their male counterparts. Exposure to domestic violenceadversely affected marital adjustment. Discussion: This study showed that physicians are generally non-adjustedin their marriages and approximately half of them were subjected to domestic violence. Marital adjustment anddomestic violence are interwoven concepts. Among working individuals, both concepts are affected by workingconditions. It may be of significant relevance to study in the future the workplace and non-workplace factors, theirinteraction, and especially gender-specific discrepancies that may influence family life of physicians. (AnatolianJournal of Psychiatry 2019; 20(4):418-425)
AU  - ŞAHİN, Hüseyin Avni
AU  - ÇAKMAK PEKŞEN, Zuhal
DO  - 10.5455/apd.13321
PY  - 2019
JO  - Anadolu Psikiyatri Dergisi
VL  - 20
IS  - 4
SN  - 1302-6631
SP  - 418
EP  - 425
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/313197
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