Shreya Bhandari

Biographic Data

ID4176145
NAMEShreya Bhandari
GIVEN NAMESShreya
FAMILY NAMEBhandari
SIGNATUREBHANDARI S
AFFILIATIONSWright State University
ORCID0009-0007-1705-3052
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS14
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Leveraging LLM respondents for item evaluation: A psychometric analysis

    Open AccessYunting Liu, Shreya Bhandari et al.ARTICLEBritish Journal of Educational…2025

    Effective educational measurement relies heavily on the curation of well‐designed item pools. However, item calibration is time consuming and costly, requiring a sufficient number of respondents to estimate the psychometric properties of items. In this study, we explore the potential of six different large language models (LLMs; GPT‐3.5, GPT‐4, Llama 2, Llama 3, Gemini‐Pro and Cohere Command R Plus) to generate responses with psychometric propert…

  • Perspectives of South Asian Youth in the United States about Gender Norms and Healthcare Decision Making

    Open AccessNidhi Khosla, Bhandari et al.ARTICLESocial Work Research2024References: 14

    The aim of this study was to explore the voices of South Asian youth in the United States about gender norms and healthcare decision making. Ten focus group discussions were held with 36 students of South Asian origin at a university on the West Coast of the United States. Thematic analysis was performed on the focus group data. Three main themes emerged from the data: (1) intersectionality of gender with other factors that affect healthcare deci…

  • Identification of abuse experiences of South Asian women in the US and women in Mumbai, India

    Bhandari, Shreya BhandariARTICLEHealth Care For Women International2020

    The authors describe the experiences of abuse drawn from in-depth interviews conducted with 20 South Asian women in the United States and a sample of 21 abused women in Mumbai, India. We describe five major themes that identify the nature of domestic violence experienced in these two contexts, barriers to help-seeking and exiting abuse, and the process of ending the abusive relationship. The research sheds light on the similarities and difference…

  • Coping strategies in the face of domestic violence in India

    Open AccessBhandari, Shreya BhandariARTICLEWomen s Studies International Forum2019Cited by: 1References: 5

  • Patterns of abuse among South Asian women experiencing domestic violence in the United States

    Open AccessBhandari, Shreya Bhandari et al.ARTICLEInternational Social Work2018Cited by: 8References: 1

    This qualitative study was conducted with a convenience sample of 20 South Asian women experiencing domestic violence in the United States. The results explore the patterns of abuse and factors and circumstances (i.e. turning points) that motivated South Asian women to change in the context of the stage that they were in as per the Landenburger's model (binding, enduring, disengaging, and recovery). The four themes that emerged from the interview…

  • South Asian women's coping strategies in the face of domestic violence in the United States

    Bhandari, Shreya BhandariARTICLEHealth Care For Women International2017

    We conducted in-depth telephone interviews with a convenience sample of 20 South Asian women experiencing domestic violence in the United States. Utilizing the emotion-focused and problem-focused coping framework, the researchers analyzed the narratives of abused South Asian women. Emotion-focused coping strategies include (a) spirituality and/or religion and (b) the role of children. Problem-focused coping strategies include (c) informal and for…

  • Lived Experiences of Women Facing Domestic Violence in India

    Open AccessBhandari, Shreya Bhandari et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Work in the…2017Cited by: 5

    This article describes the lived experiences of domestic violence victims among a convenience sample of 21 low-income Indian women. The experiences of abuse are drawn from in-depth, face-to-face interviews conducted in Mumbai, India. The qualitative analysis describes four major categories of their lived experiences: (a) types of abuse, (b) family involvement in abuse, (c) treatment of children, and (d) abandonment. Domestic violence in Indian cu…

  • Pregnancy and Intimate Partner Violence: How Do Rural, Low-Income Women Cope

    Bhandari, Shreya Bhandari et al.ARTICLEHealth Care For Women International2011

    We conducted 32 in-depth interviews with 20 rural, low-income, women residing in the United States who were pregnant (n = 12) or 3 months postpartum (n = 8) and had experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). Using purposive sampling and the grounded theory method, we generated a conceptual model of coping. The urge to protect the unborn baby was the primary influence for participants' decisions about separating from or permanently leaving an ab…

  • Analysis of Violence Against Women Act and the South Asian Immigrants in the United States

    Open AccessBhandari, Shreya BhandariARTICLEAdvances in Social Work2008

    The issue of domestic violence among South Asian immigrant population in the United States is examined in the light of the Violence Against Women Act. The paper gives a background to the issue of domestic violence in the South Asian community and examines the Violence Against Women Acts of 1994, 2000 and 2005 with regard to issues affecting South Asian women. It addresses issues around marriage and has emphasized the difficulties of women with de…