The effect of psychoeducation on family functioning, in creating awareness of violence against women

This research is crosssectional, descriptive field research which has practical pre-test - last test training invention and is designed in order to evaluate the effect of psychoeducation program, which is given intended for domestic violence, on family functioning and attitudes. The research has been applied to aged between 14 and 49, 40 women who applied to women's solidarity center connected to municipality in izmir (izmir Metropolitan Municipality Women's Solidarity center, Karşıyaka Municipality Women's Solidarity Center, Çankaya Municipality Women's Solidarity Center, Bornova Municipality Women's Solidarity Center, Buca Municipality Women's Solidarity Center, Karşıyaka Municipality Women's Solidarity Center, Bornova Municipality Pakize Ateş Women's Solidarity Center, Konak Municipality Women's solidarity Center, Balçova Municipality of Women's Solidarity center) with the aim of taking psychological consultancy between August 2013 and November 2013 dates. Before psychoeducation, socio-demographic and data collection form relating to violence story, information form intended to domestic violence, attitude scale concerning to violence against women and family assessment scale have been applied to women. Later, group education which is composing of a total of sessions and being organized twice per month has been applied. After psychoeducation, information form intended to domestic violence, attitude scale concerning to violence against women and family assesment scale have been applied again. Before psychoeducation, It has been seen that attitude points of the women (X̅= 42.40±16.53) who attitude scale concerning to violence against woman has been applied were below scale averages (X̅=57), So this result has showed that attitude approach of the women exhibited a modern tendency. After psychoeducation attitude averages of the women (X̅=30.62±6.72) who attitude scale concerning to violence against women has been applied have declined significantly(p>0.05). In direction of these results, it could be recommended to the studies in order to evaluate effectiveness of psychoeducation which is given intended to violence against women, is done also in Women's Solidarity centers outside izmir, the studies which the number of samples is greater in order to evaluate effectiveness of psychoeducation which is given intended to violence against woman is done, psychiatric nurses are informed and educated on the subject of using psychoeducation to provide informing about violence against women and an attitude change.