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Recently post-traumatic stress symptoms are highly noticed among women with intimate partner violence or experiencing battering and their quality of life became a question. In Indian society, the rate of suicide is increasing among battered wives and the need for psychological intervention is highly suggested. Based on previous findings and needs current study developed a Self-Supportive Intervention program combining the Mindfulness-based cognitive theory and emotional processing theory to reduce PTSD symptoms among battered women in Madhya Pradesh, India by scrutinizing its efficacy. The study used three phases of the Conklin program development model (1997), including planning, design and implementation, and evaluation. The planning and pilot testing of the SSI program included the first two phases and the third phase tested its efficacy using a "randomized controlled trial" of two groups comprising 40 Battered wives. Twenty participants were included in experimental and control groups respectively. Participants' socio-demographic profiles, the posttraumatic Symptoms Scale Interview version for DSM-5 (PSS-I-5), the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref Scale, and the Interview Protocol were used for collecting data. The newly developed self-supportive intervention program had an inter-reliability score of .845 after its evaluation by experts. To determine the extent of the program's impact, data analyses included MANOVA and Paired t-tests. According to the MANOVA results, the SSI program significantly affected participants' quality of life and PTSD symptoms (F [5,34] = 275.67, p<0.05). Paired t-test results were also significant at the 0.05 level. The Partial Esta-square of .976 indicated that the SSI program was effective in alleviating PTSD symptoms and increasing the quality of life.
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Women's mental and physical health by their husband's battering represents a worldwide public health problem. In Indian society, physical violence faced by women has risen since the COVID-19 outbreak, significantly impacting their quality of life and increasing the risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder. This research aims to find the relationship between posttraumatic stress symptoms and the quality of life among female victims of domestic violence in India during the pandemic. Two hundred and seventy-seven female victims of domestic violence aged 20-49 took part in this study. The study used the respondents' demographic data, the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale-Interview version, and the World Health Organization Quality of Life assessment tools. Pearson correlation showed a strong negative correlation between posttraumatic stress symptoms severity and quality of life among female victims of domestic violence during COVID-19. It shows that women's mental health continues to be a significant issue in India, and psychological interventions are strongly desired. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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Background: Battery against women has alarmingly escalated since the COVID-19 Pandemic, resulting in increase in post-traumatic stress disorder and negatively influenced their quality of life. Purpose: The purpose of this research was to find the effect of PTSD on the quality of life among battered wives in Madhya Pradesh, India, during the said plague. Method: Two hundred and seventy-seven battered wives, aged 20 years old to 49 years old participated in this study. Purposive sampling method was employed for data collection. The assessment instruments used were the respondents' demographic data, the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale-Interview version DSM-5, and World Health Organization Quality of Life. Whereas, for the quantitative data analysis, descriptive statistics, and regression analysis were used. Furthermore, the demographic details of the participants-age, education, duration of marriage, economic status, types of violence and number of children -severely impacted which added to the posttraumatic stress symptoms among domestically abused women. Results: Findings revealed that posttraumatic stress symptoms were a strong predictor of poor quality of life among battered wives (R2 = 0.587; ß = 0.766). The study also has found that the demographic details of the participants-age, education, duration of marriage, economic status, types of violence and number of children were significantly related with vulnerability to posttraumatic stress symptoms among battered women. Conclusion: Battered women's mental health conditions continued to be a major issue in India, and psychological interventions were strongly recommended.