Is Women’s Empowerment Associated With Help-Seeking for Spousal Violence in India?
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DOI: 10.1177/0886260515618945
Abstract: Violence against women by their husbands is a problem for women worldwide. However, the majority of women do not seek help. This article presents findings from a national survey in India on empowerment-related correlates of… read more here.
Keywords: violence; help seeking; level; empowerment ... See more keywords
“Correcting an Erring Wife Is Normal”: Moral Discourses of Spousal Violence in Ghana
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DOI: 10.1177/0886260515619751
Abstract: This study draws insights from discursive psychology to explore moral discourses of spousal violence in Ghana. In particular, it investigates how sociocultural norms and practices are invoked in talk of perpetrators and victims as moral… read more here.
Keywords: violence; violence ghana; discourses spousal; moral discourses ... See more keywords
Women’s opinion on the justification of physical spousal violence: A quantitative approach to model the most vulnerable households in Bangladesh
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187884
Abstract: Bangladesh is a culturally conservative nation with limited freedom for women. A number of studies have evaluated intimate partner violence (IPV) and spousal physical violence in Bangladesh; however, the views of women have been rarely… read more here.
Keywords: violence; justification physical; physical violence; vulnerable households ... See more keywords
Spousal Violence: A Mokken Scaling Analysis of Attitudes of South Asian Men and Women
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DOI: 10.1891/vv-d-18-00043
Abstract: Attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV) are usually explored by asking participants to respond to some statements describing various instances or situations. Currently, we do not know if responses to such questions or statements are… read more here.
Keywords: violence; asian men; spousal violence; south asian ... See more keywords
Spousal violence against women in Afghanistan: Bivariate mapping of correlates.
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DOI: 10.47391/jpma.22-62
Abstract: Spousal violence against women is endemic and owes its genesis to deeply entrenched socio-cultural norms. In this study 2015 Demographic and Health Survey data for Afghanistan was used to calculate the provincial prevalence and two… read more here.
Keywords: violence; violence women; bivariate mapping; correlates spousal ... See more keywords