العنف الزواجي و علاقته باضطراب الشخصية التجنبية لدى المرأة السعودية العاملة

Abstract EN

The research aimed to identify the level of prevalence of marital violence among working Saudi woman, to identify the nature of the correlation between marital violence and avoidant personality disorder among working Saudi woman, to identify the predictive ability of the dimensions of marital violence with the avoidant personality disorder of working Saudi woman, and to identify differences in marital violence according to the age (under 30 years, 30 years and older), career field (schools, universities, hospitals, banks) and place of residence (Riyadh, Tabuk).

The research sample consisted of (393) Working Saudi Women, (203) from Riyadh and (190) from Tabuk.

The tools of the research were marital violence scale and avoidant personal- ity disorder scale prepared by the researcher.

By using the pre- dictive, descriptive, correlational approach, the research found that marital violence among working Saudi woman was within the prevalence of (average) percentage (70.99%), dimensions of marital violence in the following order.

physical violence, psy- chological violence, social and economic violence.

There was a Statistically positive significant correlation at between the marital violence and its dimensions and avoidant personal- ity disorder and its dimensions (social discontinuity, feeling of inefficiency, low sense of security and 4tability, and excessive sensitivity to negative evaluation).The predictive ability of the dimensions of marital violence to avoidant personality disorder in the following order: physical violence, economic violence, psychological violence, social violence.

There were Qatistical- ly significant differences at (0=0.05) between the score mean of working women with less than 30 years of age and the score mean of working women 30 years of age and more in the marital violence and its dimensions in favor of less than 30 years.

There was no Qatistically significant difference between the scores means of marital violence and its dimensions according to career field.

There was no Statistically significant differences between the score mean of working woman in Riyadh and the score mean of those who are working in Tabuk in marital violence and its dimensions The above results were discussed in light of the previous Studies.

Recommendations and future researches were suggested.