Iranian Journal of Sociology

Abstract Violence against women at home and in society in all countries has always been perceived as a concern. Much research has been done, but because of their different methods and theories, no one has found a new path for the future studies. In this meta-analysis, after classifying the theories of 22 applied studies in this field, we distinguished the most used of them and their methods as well. With classifying the hypotheses, we realized that the theoretical relevance and theoretical model were hardly consistent and the sources, learning and feminist theories were the most useful ones in the hypothetical model. At the end with the use of statistical methods, the role of the three theories in explaining the hypotheses were examined our proposals were grouped based on the economic, educational and gender status.