Citation

Ragavan M, Iyengar K, Wurtz R. Violence Against Women 2015; 21(5): 652-675.

Affiliation

School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801215573332

PMID

25780061

Abstract

We used qualitative methodologies to understand perceptions regarding options available for victims of physical intimate partner violence (IPV) in northern India. We interviewed male and female community members along with IPV experts. Interviews were transcribed, coded, and analyzed using grounded theory. Participants emphasized that a victim of physical IPV should bear the violence, modify her husbands' behaviors, or seek help from her natal family. Accessing external resources such as the police or nongovernmental organizations was viewed as both socially inappropriate and infeasible. These results have widespread implications and lay the foundation for the development of IPV prevention initiatives in India.

Language: en