Relationship between Domestic Violence and Depression among Women

Author(s) : Yasir Saeed, Fouzia Naveed, Hassan Raza, Maryam Munir

Abstract:

This study aims to investigate the relationship between domestic violence and depression among women. The sample was consisted of 300 women from the Gujrat city. The respondents’ age ranged from 20 to 60 years. Partner Abuse Scale (Hudson, 1992), and Depression Subscale (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) were used for data collection. Results were computed by applying statistical techniques including correlation and t-test. Findings indicate that there was significant relationship between domestic violence and depression. The finding also reveals that higher level of domestic violence had insignificant mean difference between working and non-working victimized women, also for victimized women of rural and urban areas while there was significant mean difference between victimized and non-victimized women.