COMPARISON OF MOTIVATION FOR PARENTING IN HEALTHY AND DEPRESSED PATIENTS

Objective: The aim of present study was to examine whether there is a difference in parenting motives between patients diagnosed with depression and control groups (non-depressed). Material and Method: The survey included 66 patients who were treated at the Psychiatric Hospital in Novi Pazar (average age= 44.64, SD=10.00) and 65 subjects who were not diagnosed with depression (average age=42, SD=13.05). Participants volunteered to participate in the research and received no compensation for their participation. Respondents were given a Parent Motivation Scale. Results: Results showed that participants in our study are motivated for parenthood mostly by instrumental motivation, altruistic and fatalistic motivations are equally present, and narcissistic motivation is the lowest. Instrumental, fatalistic and altruistic motives for parenting are significantly lower in group consisted of depressed patients. There was no difference in narcissistic motivation between two groups. Conclusion: This finding can be seen in the light of the general condition and the characteristic of people suffering from depression. In them, namely, all aspects of motivation are reduced and it is not surprising that this is so with the motives for parenting

CORRELATION BETWEEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND NEUROTICISM

Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the degree of correlation between domestic violince against women and neuroticism. Socio-demographics characzeristics were also compared. Method: This research included 120 women from Novi Pazar and Sjenica, 60 women who were victims of domestic violence and 60 women who were not violence victims. The degree of neuroticism has been tested with general neuroticism test. Results: There is significant difference between women who were violnce victims and those who were not, on 0.05 level (with 5% risk), t = 2.112, p = 0.039. Arithmetic mean of the degree of neuroticism of women who were violence victims is 78,89, for those who were not is 38,69. The difference is important (about 40). There is statistically significant difference between married and single women who were violence victims. Married examinees have higher degree of neuroticism than single ones. Examinees with higher degree of neuroticism have been suffering from domestic violence longer than those with less degree of neuroticism. There is no statistically significant difference in the the degree of neuroticism between different categories of examinees, according to the degree of professional qualifications. Conclusion: It remains an open question, and it is necessary to longitudinally examine what is the role of violence against women in the emergence neurotic and other disorders