Family background risk factors associated with domestic violence among married thai muslims couples in Pattani Province

Abstract

This study examined family background risk factors associated with domestic violence among married Thai Muslim couples in Pattani Province. The informants were 1, 536 wives who were representatives of their families. The R program was used for data analysis to determine the frequency, percentage, chi-square value, odds value, and logistic coefficient. The results were that 38.3 percent of the Thai Muslim couples in Pattani Province used domestic violence, and the risk factors of family background found to be associated with domestic violence at a significance level of .001 were four variables: strict upbringing, violent behavior in childhood, witnessing parents quarreling in childhood, and violent behavior in childhood. The married couples with chances to use domestic violence were as follows: those who witnessed their parents quarreling in childhood regularly (2.46 times); once in while (1.73 times); had severe punishment in their childhood regularly (0.65 times); once in a while (0.51 times); had very strict upbringing (0.53 times); had moderately strict upbringing (0.41 times); had violent behavior in childhood regularly (0.52 times); and once in a while (0.43 times), respectively. The results of this study would be beneficial in forming policy and taking preventive measures for children witnessing their parents quarreling in order to end the cycle of domestic violence.