Women Experiencing Domestic Violence: A Qualitative Study

Introduction: Violence against women is a universal phenomenon which is experienced in public and privet areas. The aim of the study was to review the women from Isfahan, Iran who experienced types of domestic violence. Method: This study was done through the qualitative method and interpreting and the phenomenological approaches by participation of ۱۰ employed married females with conducting focus group discussion sessions and discovering and deep interviews in a ۱۲ months period in ۲۰۱۳. Data were collected and registered and then they were encoded. These general categories resulted to the extraction of a core category in which included the fundamental category of the study. Results: Age of the participants in this study varied between ۳۰ to ۵۳ years .Their educational level has ranged from literacy to the university graduated. The findings indicated that the initial disputes and violence behaviors of the couples, starts since marriage spouse ceremony. Various forms of family violence were reported by the participants. Violence varied from arguing, fighting, physical violence, beating up and etc. Conclusion: Given to the procedure of data analyzing, the assumption of general attributes and transmission of the violence in family was formed among all socio-economical bases.

Keywords:

Employed married females , Domestic violence , Phenomenological approach