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Background : In the recent decades, domestic violence had been an all over increasing phenomenon, the victims of which are mostly women. Individuals with certain personal familiar and socio- economic characteristics may be threatened and subjected to its aggravated consequences. Objective : To identity and correlate couple's characteristics with the kind (physical or psychological), and severity of wife abuse among women victims attending Tehran Judicial court during 1999. Design : This was a descriptive- correlational study. A two parted questionnaire was employed to question personal, familiar and socio- economic characteristics, further by INDEX of SPOUSE ABUSE(I.S.A) the kind (physical or psychological) and severity of wife abuse was estimated. Samples: A total of 110 women were selected consequently from women attending Tehran judicial court. Results : Findings showed a reverse relation between women's age and severity of abuse (PV= 0.04) and a direct relation between men's age and intensity of abuse (PV= 0.05). Low level education wife, belonging of husband to rural community, addiction of wife or husband, husband's illness, excessive age difference, plurality of husband's wife, presence of children from previous marriage, undesirable child sex, forced marriage, being a house- wife, considering violence as a common event and limited social interaction were positively related with physical and psychological abuse in women. Conclusion : It is evident�that women in all socio- economic groups may be subject to abuse, yet it became clear that in certain groups it happens much severely, which should be viewed more concern. Considering the couples characteristics, spouse abuse may be anticipated and detected among emergency as health clinic attendance, thus support of client's education and referral may be a way of preventing further physical or psychological abuse. It is also recommended to study the forcible factors and the prevalence of spouse abuse and community awareness of domestic violence. To acquire more knowledge of this problem further research and education of the health personal must be planned to increase public knowledge and combat women's abuse.

Introduction: Social anxiety is an important factor in peoples’ mental health. Good mental health while studying in university makes students able to deal effectively with numerous stressors that they experience. The purpose of this study was to determine and compare the social anxiety of nursing students in grades one to four of medical universities in Tehran. Methods: In this analytic cross-sectional study, 400 students from universities of medical sciences in Tehran were recruited by stratified sampling with proportional allocation. Data were collected during the first semester in 2010. Students completed a two-part questionnaire including the Liebowitz social anxiety questionnaire and a demographic information form. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics methods and an analytical test by SPSS statistical software. Results: There was no statistically significant difference in the total scores of social anxiety of first- to fourth-year students. The mean score of the avoidance of social interaction dimension in fourth-year students was significantly lower than in first year students (p