Profile and Impact of Domestic Violence to Women’s Psychological Condition in Surakarta Residency

Abstract

Women abuse occurs in all countries. Women who are abused by their partners suffer from depression, anxiety and PTSD (Post Trauma Syndrom Disorder). All domestic violence done by husband phisically or psychologically causes damage on woman’s health. Woman who experiences domestic violence have physical and psychological problem. Those problems include willing of suicide, mental pressure, and physical problems such as dizzy, painful, limp, and vagina problems. This violence also influences woman reproduction, increasing sexual transmitted disease. Objective : The aimed of the research was to know profile and psychologic condition : depression, anxiety and PTSD women violence abuse. Methods : This research was Discriptive analitic. The design of this research Cross Sectional Study. The population is women abuse in Surakarta. The sampling method was purposive sampling. The instrument used were Depression Hamilton Scale, Anxiety Hamilton Scale and PTSD Scale. The analysis of variable used were statistic descriptive univariate test. Result :Profile Respondent show :age is mostly 31 to 40 years which is 51,4 %. Respondent education majority reaching 45,7%. Occupation is majority 37,1% jobless,. The religion is all of them Islam. the socio economy of people is 37,1% intemediate class. The results indicated all women victim Doemstic violencn suffering depression, anxiety and PTSD. Result Statistic test show that psychologic condition women abuse woman depression : low depressed 31,4%, medium depressed 68,6%.; women anxiety low anxiety : 42,9%, medium anxiety : 57,1%; Women PTSD : low PTSD 62,9%, medium PTSD 37,1%. Conclusion: Woman victim of domestic violence is proved significantly getting depression, anxiety and PTSD.