Investigation of the state anxiety, self respect and problem solving skills of women who apply to the violence and applying to women's shelter house and emergency service

This research is conducted by the means of designating the women of the state anxiety level, self respect and problem solving skills of the women who apply to women's sheltering house and emergency service due to the violence. Scope of the research is the women applying to the emergency room and women's shelter due to being exposed to violence between December 2018 and August 2019. And the sample of the investion is consisted of a total of 82 women, including 45 women staying in the sheltering house and 37 women. In collecting the data, socio-demographic information form, Problem Solving Inventory, State Anxiety inventory (STAI-I), Coppersmith Self-Esteem Scale were used. Problem solving scale, confidence in problem solving ability (CPSA) sub-dimension average score is 35.0 ± 15.3, approach-avoidance sub-dimension average score is 39.7 ± 15.3, personal control sub-dimension average score is 16.1 ± 3.6, total score average is 90.9 ± 28.6, the state anxiety scale total score average is 45.9 ± 5.5, self-esteem total score average is 12.3 ± 2.0.