Investigation of the Psychological Well-Being and Continuous Angry Levels of Women with and Without Violation According to Sociodemographic Characteristics

Abstract

In this study, it is aimed to examine the psychological well-being levels and trait anger levels of women who have been subjected to violence and who have not been subjected to violence, according to their sociodemographic characteristics. Causal Comparison model, one of the quantitative research models, was used in this study. In the study, the women who were exposed to violence were selected by the purposive sampling method and the women who were not subjected to violence were selected by the convenience sampling method. The research has two universes and two samples. A total of 631 women, 316 of whom were victims of violence and 315 who were not subjected to violence, were included in this study, which examined the trait anger and psychological well-being of women who were and were not exposed to violence. As a result of the research, in the Trait Anger Scale of the women who were subjected to violence; It was found that the scores they got from trait anger, anger in and anger out were higher than those who were not exposed to violence, and their anger control scores were lower. As another result, in this study, trait anger and psychological well-being of women who have been subjected to violence and those who have not been subjected to violence were examined in detail, compared with each other, and the effects of various socio-demographic characteristics on them were determined. The relationships between trait anger and psychological well-being were revealed, the effect of trait anger on well-being was determined, and the probability of women being subjected to violence was calculated by using socio-demographic characteristics, trait anger and psychological well-being scores. It has been determined that there is a statistically significant difference between the scores of the Psychological Well-Being Scale of the women who have been subjected to violence and those who have not, and those who have been subjected to violence have lower scores. The study sheds light on psychological health professionals in terms of examining the effects of violence on women's psychological states and applying effective intervention in the future.