Designing the model of men's violence against women based on religious orientation and mental health, considering the mediating role of gendered educational style and cognitive emotion regulation styles

Abstract

Background and objectives: Family is a center for affection and an environment for friendship and kindness among family members. However, the occurrence of violence in the family by one of the members towards others disrupts this function. This study investigated the relationship between religious orientation, cognitive styles of emotion regulation, gendered educational style and men's mental health is affected by violence against women. Materials and methods: The statistical population included the married men who referred to medical centers in Qazvin city; among whom, 300 people were selected through convenience sampling method. Data collection tools were Alport's Religious Beliefs Questionnaire, Keys' Mental Health Questionnaire, Mohseni Tabrizi's Domestic Violence Questionnaire, and Garnevsky's cognitive regulation of emotion. For descriptive analysis of data, central tendency and dispersion were used. The obtained data were analyzed in two descriptive and inferential statistics parts, using SPSS20 and Lisrel 8.80 software. The structural equations technique was used to implement the conceptual model of the research and hypothesis testing. Ethical considerations: Because the questions related to marital relations are private, it was attempted to use Iranian-Islamic questionnaires. Findings: Religious orientation, mental health, gendered educational style, and men’s cognitive emotion regulation styles have a positive relationship with violence against women.