العنف الأسري : أسبابه و طرق علاجه

Abstract EN

The marital relationship is one of the prodigies of Allah which we have to contemplate as Allah said : “And among His Signs is this, that He created for you wives from among yourselves, that you may find repose in them; and He has put between you affection and mercy.

Verily, in that are indeed signs for a people who reflect” (Sûrah 30.

Ar-Rûm).

It is a relationship between two persons who are distinct in gender, environment, education, and in many physical and mental aspects, and these persons-man and woman-are supposed to form a harmonious and interrelated institution that has a major role in achieving peace and security.

Thus, if the role of this institution is impaired, individuals and societies will be negatively affected, and therefore, many negative phenomena will occur such as Domestic violence which in turn leads to delinquency, criminality, and other social ills; this is confirmed by modern psychological and educational studies.

Based on the foregoing, several questions raised like : What is domestic violence ? Its types ? Its causes ? Its effects ? and what are the ways of treating it ?.

This paper tries to answer the previously mentioned questions, and to present some field studies of the phenomenon.