Family Violence and Its Effects on Security in Society (Case: City of Sanandaj)

Security as a basic need for the members of society is in mutual relation to economic, social and cultural factors. Today, this is of such importance in the progress of every society that it is considered as the prerequisite to any kind of development. Social security has been defined as a complex – emotional – concept which is essential for protecting social groups and giving them the opportunities and facilities to obtain their intended goals. The main aim of this paper is to study family violence and its effects on social security in society with emphasis on the city of Sanandaj. The theoretical framework adopted in this article derives from theories of interactionism, social learning and gender discrimination. The research method in this paper was survey method and the data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed by means of SPSS software. The data were analyzed on descriptive and explanatory levels (Pearson coefficient, T and F tests, and multiple regression). The results indicated that three variables, namely family violence (Beta= - 0.234) religious attitudes (Beta = 0.18) and masulinistic attitudes (Beta = -0.17) have entered the regression equation in the order of their importance in determining the variance of the dependent variable. Overall, these three variables could account for %42 of the variance of the dependent variable (R² = 0.42