Violence and Self-esteem among Divorced Women in The Health Sector:An Assessment Study.

Violence and Self- Esteem among Divorced Women in The Health Sector: An Assessment StudyMarwa Nady Roshdy1, Wafaa Osman Abd El -Fatah2, Nahla Abdallah Abd El- Tawab 3 1 Clinical administrator in Mental Health Nursing Department, faculty of nursing, Helwan University2Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing – Helwan University 3lecturer of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing – Helwan University. Abstract Violence affects negatively women's health generally. A psychiatric nurse has an important role for improving self-esteem. The study aims to: assess violence and self –esteem among divorced women. Design: A descriptive research design used. Setting: The study was conducted at Ain Shams University Hospitals. Subjects: A convenient sample of (70) women were included in the study. Tools: Data was collected by using two tools; Tool (1) Socio demographic sheet Tool (2) Domestic violence questionnaire & Tool (3) Self-esteem index. Results: The study revealed that more than three fifths of the studied women exposed to moderate violence and one quarter of women exposed to severe violence while only minority of women exposed to mild violence. Also, three fifths of the studied women had low self-esteem, one quarter of women had high self-esteem. Conclusion: This study concluded that there was a negative statistical correlation between total levels of violence and total levels of self-esteem among the studied women. Recommendation: Conducting awareness program for university students about harms of violence and impacts on self-esteem. _______________________________________Key words: Divorced Women, Self- Esteem, Violence.