The Effect of Abusive Factors on the Emergence of the Financial Abuse between Partners: An Exploratory Study for the opinions of a sample of married women within the geographical location at Duhok city specifically Avro City

Authors

  • Snobar Junayd Rasol Financial and Banking Sciences Department, Duhok University, Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
  • Saad Fadhil Abas Business Administration Department, Duhok University, Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25007/ajnu.v10n4a1075

Keywords:

Culture & Traditions, Engaging in Activities, Financial Skills, Financial Knowledge, Financial Illiteracy, Financial Abuse.

Abstract

It remains the dominant concept when talking about intimate partner violence that physical violence is predominant, predominately in academic researches and reports published by media. In this study we focus on another form of unseen abuse that is committed in close partner relationships. It is an economic abuse which is likewise indicates to as financial abuse in a wide range of the literature. In this study we concentrate on five factors that affect the financial abusive which are Engaging in Activities, Culture & Traditions, Financial Skills, Financial Knowledge, and Financial Illiteracy. The research sample include only married women within geographical location at Duhok city specifically Avro City, 120 electronic form of the research questionnaire was distributed on the respondents, and about 105 form were valid which represent a percent of 87.5% from the distributed questionnaire. The results revealed that there is a significant and positive correlation between the five abusive factors and financial abuses at the levels of research variables. According to the conclusions We suggested that there should be more interest in our society to increase women's awareness of how to manage their income and to have an opinion and a role in managing their own financial affairs and managing family finances.

 

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Institutions must pay more attention to increasing women's awareness of how to manage their incomes and to have an opinion and role in managing and householding.
There should be some specialized courses interested in raising the level of financial skills, financial knowledge, and financial illiteracy.
Universities, especially financial departments, and banking sector are the main stakeholders who can have contribution and attribution in raising financial awareness for both gender.
We do recommend that this study be carried out in different circumstances, and that the study sample is taken into consideration.
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Published

2021-11-30

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Rasol, S. J., & Abas, S. F. (2021). The Effect of Abusive Factors on the Emergence of the Financial Abuse between Partners: An Exploratory Study for the opinions of a sample of married women within the geographical location at Duhok city specifically Avro City. Academic Journal of Nawroz University, 10(4), 50–61. https://doi.org/10.25007/ajnu.v10n4a1075

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