Substance abuse, psychological well-being and domestic violence among women

Abstract

The study was to examine the relationship between Substance Abuse, Psychological Well Being and Domestic Violence among Women. A study adopted a quantitative research approach with correlational method to determine the relationship between the study variables. The study had 150 respondents who were randomly selected from their places of work. Self-administered questionnaires were used in data collection process the data was analyzed using the statistical software package for social sciences (SPSS). Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient was used to determine the significance of the relationships among variables. The study revealed that there is a significant relationship between Mental health and Drug abuse among women (r= .286**, p= .000<0.05).The study also showed that there is a significant relationship between Mental health and Violence among women (r= .507**, p= .007<0.05). Finally the study showed that domestic violence and Drug abuse among women (r= .410**, p= .000<0.05)