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Physical Intimate Partner Violence in Northern India

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ID4635998
AuthorsMaya I Ragavan (0000-0003-4443-6829, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA), Kirti Iyengar (0000-0003-1674-9617, Action Research and Training for Health, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India), Rebecca M Wurtz (Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA), Rebecca Wurtz (0000-0002-0501-7317, Northwestern University)
Year2014
Volume24
Issue4
Pages457-473
Publication date2014-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732314524027
PMID24598776
OpenAlexW2170504304
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited28

In this article, we examine perceptions about the definition of physical intimate partner violence (IPV) in northern India utilizing feminist perspectives as a framework. We interviewed 56 women and 52 men affiliated with a health services nongovernmental organization in the Udaipur district of Rajasthan. We transcribed, coded, and analyzed the interviews utilizing grounded theory. We found that perceptions regarding physical IPV were associated with both structural and ideological patriarchal beliefs and microlevel constructs such as alcohol use. We discovered multiple types of physical IPV in the study region, including rationalized violence (socially condoned violence perpetrated by a husband against his wife), unjustified violence (socially prohibited violence perpetrated by a husband against his wife), and majboori violence (violence perpetrated by a wife against her husband). Our results add to the breadth of research available about IPV in India and create a framework for future research and IPV prevention initiatives

Criminology · Domestic violence · Environmental health · Ideology · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Wife · Gender Studies · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology

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