Effectiveness of Communication Skills Training on Reducing Psychological and Verbal Violence in Women Victims of Domestic

Today, one of the most important and common social harms in families is domestic violence, which overcoming it is a necessity for all societies. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of communication skills training on the reducing psychological violence and verbal violence in women victims of domestic violence in Karaj city.

The method of this study was descriptive-analytic within the casual-comparative type and Intervention with pretest- posttest with control group. The statistical population of this study was 30 women victims of domestic violence living in Karaj who were randomly assigned into two groups of experimental (15) and control group (15) and responded to the CTS_2 Domestic Violence Questionnaire. The experimental group was trained communication skills in 8 sessions (per session 90 minutes) and weekly sessions, and no intervention was performed in the control group. Covariance analysis was used to analyze the data.

The results showed that the communication skills training was effective in reducing psychological and verbal violence and it was statistically significant at the level of 0.05 with an effect intensity of 64% and 52%, respectively. Discussion and

The communication skills training in reducing psychological and verbal violence was considered effective. Therefore the training for domestic victims is recommended.