FAMILY PROBLEMS AND THEIR RELATION TO THE WIFES PERFORMANCE OF HER MARITAL ROLES STUDY IN SOME VILLAGES OF ALGHARBIA GOVERNORATE

Abstract

The study aimed at identifying the extent of the following familyproblems: violence against the wife in its various forms (verbal, physical,financial, sexual, and social), also, the violence against children, familysalaciousness, family fragility and the degree to which wives perform theirmarital roles, and the relation between the existence of these problems and thewives Studied roles.The study was conducted in three villages selected randomly fromthree districts in Al Gharbia governorate. The sample was 350 wives. Aprepared questionnaire was used to collect the data. The data were collected ina personal interview with the respondents in March and April 2017. Aftercollecting the data, it was statistically analyzed using numerical scale tables,percentages and Pearson's simple correlation coefficient.The most important results were as follows:- The majority of respondents were in the low-level category of violenceagainst the wife, the highest percentage was 94.3% for sexual violence, andthe lowest 60.6% was verbal violence, while the lowest percentage was in thehigh level of violence against the wife. The highest was 8.9 % of verbalviolence, and the lowest 0.6% for sexual violence.- The highest percentage of respondents (58.3%) sees that the problem offamily salaciousness exist in moderate degree, and the lowest percentage (4%)see it as high.- The majority of respondents (79.7%) sees that the problem of family fragilityis low, and the lowest percentage 2.6% sees its presence high.- The majority of the respondents see that they are performing their maritalroles with a high degree namely: nutrition, child care, child socialization,facilitating education, teaching children the principles of religion, preparinggirls for practical life. - There is an inverse relationship between the existence of the followingfamily problems: violence against the wife, violence against the children,family fragility, and the wife's performance of her role in nutrition.- There is an inverse relationship between the existences of the followingfamily problems: violence against the wife, violence against children, familyfragility, and the performance of the wife for her role in children care andsocializing them.- There is a direct relationship between the existence of the following familyproblems: violence against the wife, family salaciousness, and theperformance of the wife role as an example.- There is an inverse coloration between the existence of the following familyproblems: social violence against the wife, family salaciousness, and theperformance of the wife’s role in facilitating the education for the children.- There is an inverse correlation between all the studied family problemsexcept the problem of sexual violence against the wife, and between theperformance of the wife for her role in teaching children the principles ofreligion.- There is an inverse correlation between the existence of the following familyproblems: violence against the wife, against the children, and family fragility,and between the performance of the wife for her role in preparing the girls forpractical life.