FORMS OF VIOLENCE DIRECTED BY HUSBANDS AGAINST THEIR WIVES IN HAIL, KSA

  • Assistant Professor of Department of Social Sciences - Faculty of Arts and Literature, University of Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Professor of Sociology, University of Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Associate Professor of Department of Social Sciences - Faculty of Arts and Literature, University of Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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The current study aims to define Patterns and sorts of violence Exercised by husbands against their wives in Hail society and It is only about Physical Violence , Psychological Violence , Economic violence and Sexual violence , and unveiling the societal determinants which causes such form of violence The research data were collected from the wives who in hail and defined a comprehensive search of all households living permanently in the village, it was taking a systematic random sample strength where the data were collected by personal interview using a Questionnaire form for this purpose and it collected from the resident women housing provided that they are not divorced or widowed, and if you do not meet the conditions take the next house. Background: The phenomenon of violence sweeps the world around us in many areas and in most countries of the world without discrimination, but the most dangerous institution that may be plagued by violence from the point of view of researchers is the institution of the family where it is the main unit of the formation of society, and if violence may be directed against the husband or wife or against the children individually or in the community Appointed in due or even as a whole but the violence directed against the wife by her husband is what raised in the same researchers many questions which led them to this study in which they identified three forms of violence directed by the husband against his wife: physical violence, psychological violence, economic violence, in the case of To find out the prevalence of each form of violence as well as to identify some of the factors affecting the forms of violence in question. Objectives: The current study aims to define Patterns and sorts of violence Exercised by husbands against their wives in Hail city. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in Hail, Saudi Arabia. The study included a total of 132 participants from wives who were violently raped by their husbands and who were living in Hail and agreed to participate in the study. Participants were asked about their socio-demographic data, Forms of violence against the Saudi wife residing in Hail in each of the three areas studied (physical violence - economic violence - psychological violence). The statistical analysis of data was done by using excel and SPSS version (20). (Chicago, Illinois: SPSS Inc, USA) Results: The result shows that there are many moral significant correlations between forms of violence (physical violence, economic violence - psychological violence) and some of the variables studied. Conclusion: In Hail, the present study demonstrated that there was a significant association between physical violence and both the husband's work and the duration of the marriage, and the existence of problems between the spouses. While there is a reverse link between physical violence and both the husband's education and the husband's ambition and the husband's religion. There is also a reverse correlation between economic violence and both the husband's education, the monthly income of the family, the economic level of the family, the ambition of the researched and media openness. and there is correlation between psychological violence and variable number of Children, while there is a reverse correlation between psychological violence and both the economic level of the family, the ambition of the Researched wives. And there is a reverse correlation between psychological violence and the education of the husband.


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[Loich Bashir, Harbi Mariam and Ibrahim Neven (2020); FORMS OF VIOLENCE DIRECTED BY HUSBANDS AGAINST THEIR WIVES IN HAIL, KSA Int. J. of Adv. Res. 8 (Jan). 828-839] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


mariam ali harbi
University of Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/10370      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/10370