Risk factors of enacting spouse abuse in a sample of Iranian male adults

The aim of this study was to investigate the modelling of differentprocesses that could account for the link between psychopathology, cognitive social anddemographic risk factors and enacting assault by husband. This article reports a test using data on 230 males who participated in a family violence survey study. The sample was selected by a multiclustral sampling methodfrom 4 different randomized regions of Tehran. All participants completed Conflict TacticScales, Personal and Relationship Profile, Marital Attitude Survey Questionnaire, SymptomsChecklist Inventory, Social and Demographic Measure. Logistics regression wasused to estimate spouse abuse model for men. The findings were consistent with the theoretical model. The path from social- demographic, cognitive and psychopathological risk factors to enacting spouseabuse was demonstrated. The implications of the findings for understanding spouse assaults, cognitive, psychopathological, social and demographic differences in male population arediscussed.