Relationship between spouse abuse, social support and perceived stress in women with ?addicted and non-addicted husbands in Rasht city

摘要

Introduction: Spouse abuse is a major human health and lawful problem and it refers to any violent ?sex related behavior that results in women’s physical, sexual and mental suffering. In attention that ?spouse abuse has complications and unsatisfactory social and family outcomes, it is necessary to ?identify factors which hinder family function.? Objective: The study assessed and compared the relationship between spouse abuse, social support ?and perceived stress in women with addicted and non-addicted husbands in Rasht city.??Method: This is a descriptive analytical study. The sample consisted of ??100?? women (??50?? with ?addicted husbands and ??50?? with non-addicted husbands) who were selected by convenience ?sampling and answered the questionnaires of perceived stress, social support, and spouse abuse. The ?data was analyzed using statistical tests of independent T test, and correlation.? Result: The analyzed data showed that there was a significant difference between variables of ?spouse abuse and its subscales ( physical, emotional, sexual, behavioral), social support, perceived ?stress, and its subscales(tangible support, emotional support, giving information, kindness, social ?interaction and total perceived stress score) in women with addicted and non-addicted husbands ??(p