European Journal of Social Sciences – Volume 11, Number 4 (2009) 507 Female Aggression: A Qualitative Study of Family Values Marital Satisfaction and Wife Aggression Ali Edalati Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia E-mail: alisq2008@yahoo.com Tel: 0060122793206 Ma’rof Redzuan Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia Mariani Mansor Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia Mansor Abu Talib Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia Abstract This paper examines family values, marital satisfaction and wife aggression (physical and psychological) in Iran. For the purpose of collecting qualitative data, ten volunteer women were invited to be interviewed. The women participating in this study were those who were already registered as “aggressive women” in counseling clinics. The participants completed the Conflict Tactics Scale to report on the rates of occurrence of aggression. Results showed that women reported more psychological aggression than physical. The family values and marital satisfaction were related wives aggression. It is suggested that to further investigate aggression in diverse social groups, cultural factors should be taken into consideration. This article is part of a research in which involved 337 women as respondents. Keywords: Wives Aggression, Family Values, Marital Satisfaction, Female Aggression 1. Introduction Industrialization and urbanization as the two influential social factors in recent years are assumed to have led to complicate the dimensions of aggression; hence it calls for new research to deal with different layers of each dimension. These dimensions clearly show variations across cultures and populations. This study is an attempt to examine wife’s aggression in the Iranian context which is supposed to have increased due to their awareness of their rights. The Iranian society is passing from a traditional society to a modern status, at least in so far as the issues of prime importance in this study are concerned. Therefore, the Iranian families, especially the women in these families, have always been traditionally facing more problems compared to other family members. In other words, the modern society values on the one hand and the current views on the other hand, put the woman in bad conditions. Yet, the adoption of Western ideas in all aspects of life by younger generations will be a continued source of stress on family. This will also reinforce the existing male and female conflict, as young generation of women will be exposed to the gender egalitarian values of western culture.