Bartın Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi

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    The aim of the study is to determine the effect of nonviolent communication psycho‐education program on

the feelings of hopelessness and stress management of mothers who have a history of domestic violence. The

research was conducted as a single‐group pretest‐posttest pattern. For this purpose, the study group consisted

of 30 mothers with a family history of domestic violence. The research was conducted in two sections. In the

first part, qualitative data were gathered to define the information about mothers' domestic violence and

nonviolent communication through semi‐structured interview.In the second section, non‐violent

communication psycho‐education program was applied. The non‐violent communication psycho‐education

program consists of 12 sessions that last 120 minutes once a week. Data; personal information form, information

on nonviolent communication, Beck Hopelessness Scale and Coping Styles Scale were used. For statistical

evaluation of the data collected, SPSS for Windows 22.0 package program was used. In the evaluation, variance

analysis was used in n,%, content analysis and repetitive measurements. When the demographic characteristics

of 30 mothers were investigated; 75.1% in the 28‐32 age group, 70.4% in primary school, 86.2% in 8 years

married, 68.6% of the spouses in agreement with their spouses. In the study, the mean scores of mothers who

participated in the non‐violent communication psycho‐education program and the styles of coping with stress

increased significantly in the last measurement and follow‐up measurements.