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In an interview with Mehr reporter, Hoda Haghighi explained the issue of spousal abuse and its types and stated: spousal abuse is a behavior in a marital relationship that causes physical, sexual or psychological emotional harm.
He added: These behaviors can include physical aggression, coercion or sexual assault, psychological abuse, and controlling behaviors.
Qazvin province vice president of welfare social affairs stated: As in the definition Domestic violence It is said to cause psychological and emotional damage as well Part of Types of behaviors Annoying It is in front of the wife.
He added: This group of behaviors to it Domestic violence Emotional is said to include behaviors that, although they do not physically harm the body of the other party, verbally or non-verbally, threaten and cause emotional harm to the spouse.
Stating that the types of emotional harm include intimidation and threats, personality destruction, limitation, economic and withdrawal, this official emphasized: Intimidation and threats mean injury or killing, threats to commit suicide, damage to objects, threatening gestures, dangerous driving. knockForcing to watch or knowing child abuse is forcing to watch abuse and destruction of beloved objects and stalking.
Haghigi clarified: character destruction means humiliation, criticism, insult, damage to one’s value, such as tagging, humiliation in front of others, and ridicule.
He explained: Limiting means chasing and rejecting, limiting social and isolation, limiting activities self promotionaway from friends and family members.
This official said: Economic damage means creating economic dependence, hindering work, leaving without money, taking money by force.
Pointing out that withdrawal means hostile withdrawal, punishment by taking affection and attention, creating anxiety and insecurity about the relationship in another person, he said: Although the common and general perception is that wife abuse is a phenomenon of men and its victims are women, but There are acts of violence against spouses in both sexes and men can also be victims of spousal abuse.
This official considered the prevalence of victimization in men to be lower than that of women and stated: Usually, in global statistics, the prevalence of victimization in women is estimated by one person out of four people, and this issue in men by one person per nine people.
Haghigi added: The significant issue is that affected men, due to cultural beliefs and pressures, are less likely to report their problems and therefore are less likely to receive professional help.
He continued by referring to the methods of reduction Domestic violence He stated: The methods related to first-level prevention and interventions usually include long-term strategic plans that should be implemented in an educational and supportive manner at the macro level of society and target successive generations.
This official reminded: There are also treatment methods at the second and third level in order to reduce harm, support and treat the emotional injuries of victims of spousal abuse and treatment of psychological disorders of abused persons. Conveyor are designed
Referring to the main points of interventions, he stated: teaching healthy communication skills and recognizing healthy relationships to teenagers, young people and couples, involving effective people such as parents and teachers in the educational processes for individuals, supporting families and making the developmental path of parents, families healthy At risk, creating a supportive environment for people at risk, economic support for families and especially women, safety and reducing the harm of victims, treatment of emotional consequences in the victim and treatment of psychological disorders in the abused person. Conveyor Among the therapeutic measures is this phenomenon.
Haghighi explained: Establishing professional communication and interviewing and initial diagnosis of the psychological-personality characteristics of the abused person in order to understand the cause of violence and referral to specialized centers for accurate diagnosis and treatment are among the duties of the experts of the social emergency mobile team.
In the end, he said: Last year, spouse abuse accounted for 2% of the interventions of the social emergency mobile team, and in 99% of those cases, women were the victims. Domestic violence have been.