title: Marital abuse and psychological well-being among women in the southern region of Jordan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between marital abuse and psychological well-being among women in the southern region of Jordan.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive correlational design was used to collect data from a randomly selected sample of 915 women in the southern region of Jordan. Data collected were related to forms of marital abuse and six domains of psychological well-being.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The analysis showed that women have moderate to high level of psychological well-being. The prevalence of ever being abused during the past 12 months ranged from 3.2% (n = 25) for being threatened with a knife to 45.1% (n = 348) for their husbands being unconcerned about them while they were sick. There were significant differences in marital abuse related to having ever had school education (χ(2) = 8.56, df = 2, p = .014). All forms of marital abuse were highly correlated (p < .01). Self-acceptance and environmental mastery domains of psychological well-being had negative and significant correlation with all forms of marital abuse (p < .01). DISCUSSION OF CONCLUSION: Health professionals in health care centers need to assess for marital abuse and its consequence on women's health. Interventions should emphasize promotion of psychological well-being and the factors that influence women empowerment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. a.mansour@ju.edu.jo
authors.forename: Ayman M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hamdan-Mansour
authors.forename: Diana Hashem
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Arabiat
authors.forename: Tokiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Batoul
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Obaid
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Imoto
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D018912:Arabs / Q000208:ethnology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology*