Abstract: This research investigated psychological distress, personality profiling and psychological well-being as predictors of domestic violence among married couples. The study comprised a sample of 750 Nigerian married couples within age range of 19-45 years as well as mean years of marriage of 15years. An estimated 66.8% of the volunteer participants were Christians, while 33.2% were Muslims. The sampled couples completed the psychological distress, personality profiling, psychological well-being and domestic violence scales. Results following hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed that psychological well-being and personality profiling jointly and separately predicted domestic violence and psychological distress. It was observed that psychological distress positively and statistically predicted domestic violence among married couples. Suggesting that there are certain issues or factors among married couples that induced psychological distress and triggered domestic violence such as workload......
Keywords: Domestic violence, married couples, personality profiling, psychological well-being, psychological distress.
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