IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VOILENCE ON PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH OF PREGNANT WOMEN: MODERATING ROLE PF PSYCHOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITY.

Abstract

The present study aimed to evaluate the Impact of domestic violence on psychological health of pregnant women: Mediating role of psychological flexibility. The present study was correlation study by using cross-sectional survey research design. Sample of the research comprised of pregnant women (N= 250) from Sargodha and Jauharabad, Pakistan, which was further categorized into primigravida (n=138) and multigravida (n=112). The age range of the participants was 18 to 45 years. Purposive sampling technique was used to collect the data. Three self-report measures including Domestic Violence Scale, Psychological Flexibility Scale (Ben-Itzhak & Bluvstein, 2014), Psychological Distress Scale (Bano & Khalid, 2019) were used to measure the construct of present study. Psychometric properties and descriptive were determined to ensure the normality of sample.

Correlation analysis depicted positive correlation among domestic violence, Psychological flexibility and psychological health. Linear regression analysis was applied for testing hypotheses. Mediation analysis was applied to depict mediating role of psychological flexibility between domestic violence and psychological distress. Overall findings revealed that domestic violence is a significant positive predictor of psychological distress whereas psychological flexibility is a negative predictor of psychological distress. Relationship between domestic violence and psychological distress is mediated by psychological flexibility. The use of t-test indicated non-significant mean differences of number of children on domestic violence. Implications of the study along with its limitations were discussed and recommendations for future research were suggested.