The Relationship between Emotion Regulation and Positive and Negative Affection of Married Men, with Attitude toward Violence against Women (Case Study: Tehran)

Violence against women has been discussed as a social issue in the last two decades. Researchers believe that the attitudes and beliefs that strengthen the base and the strength of the men can be a reason for the violence of men against women. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional adjustment and positive and negative emotions with attitude towards violence against women in married men in Tehran. This applied research was a survey in terms of implementation. The research community consists of married men aged 55 to 25 years old, who have at least three years of their common life and have at least a diploma, and 384 were selected through available sampling. To collect data, Gross and John's questionnaire (Cronbach's alpha = 0.79), Watson's positive and negative affective questionnaire, Clark Valtgen (Cronbach's alpha, positive emotions of 0.85 and negative emotions of 0.84), as well as men's attitude toward Violence against women was used as a modified scale by Sanders et al. (Cronbach's alpha = 0.83). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression. Findings and The research showed that positive emotions have a positive and significant relationship with the lack of positive attitudes toward violence against women. Negative emotions have a negative and significant negative relationship with negative attitude toward violence against women and emotional regulation with attitude towards violence against Women have no meaningful relationship. The positive emotions are weaker and the negative emotions are stronger, they anticipate the attitude towards violence against women. Therefore, by reinforcing positive emotions and reducing negative emotions, violence against women can be reduced by men.