Chinese Women’s Experience of Intimate Partner Violence: Exploring Factors Affecting Various Types of IPV

Lin, Kai; Sun, Ivan Y.; Liu, Jianhong; Chen, Xuan

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“…Alcohol abuse by husbands increased the likelihood of lifetime physical, sexual and emotional violence among the women of this study. This is in agreement with previous studies from China, Congo, and Spain, which found that the greater the alcohol abuse by husbands the higher the likelihood of spousal violence against women [42,45,46]. As a result, Myanmar also needs to mitigate alcohol abuse by men in order to reduce spousal violence.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…This study also found that wife-beating justification was a significantly associated factor for lifetime physical violence. This finding is in line with the results of the WHO's multi-country study [41], and a similar Chinese study [42]. In Bangladesh [43] and Vietnam [44], it was found that women who live in patriarchal societies tend to accept men's supremacy over women as well as the husband's right to beat his wife as a punitive act.…”

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confidence: 85%

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Spousal violence against women and its association with sociodemographic factors and husbands’ controlling behaviour: the findings of Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey (2015–2016)

Tun

Östergren

2020

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Background: Spousal violence is the most common domestic violence against women and a growing public health problem globally. As a behaviour, marital control is commonly accepted as a precursor to spousal violence. Objective: This study examines the prevalence of different types of spousal violence among women in Myanmar and their association with sociodemographic factors and husbands' controlling behaviour. Methods: This study used data from the Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS) 2015-2016. Based on the responses of 3,425 ever-married women, cross-tabulations (Chisquared test) and multivariate logistic regressions were applied to examine the association between controlling behaviour by husbands and lifetime physical, sexual and emotional spousal violence against Myanmar women. Synergy factor and population attributable fraction were estimated to recommend preventive strategies. Results: The prevalence of lifetime physical violence was 16.8%, of sexual violence 3.8%, of emotional violence 15.9%, and of husband's controlling behaviour 30.2%. Women who were exposed to controlling behaviour by their husbands reported higher likelihoods of lifetime physical spousal violence (OR = 3.7; 95% CI: 3.0-4.7), lifetime sexual spousal violence (OR = 5.3; 95% CI: 3.3-8.6), and lifetime emotional spousal violence (OR = 5.6; 95% CI: 4.4-7.2). Controlling behaviour by husbands was attributed to 22.0% of lifetime physical spousal violence; and to 24.5% of lifetime sexual spousal violence and to 24.8% of lifetime emotional spousal violence in this sample of Myanmar women. Additional associated factors of spousal violence were poor wealth status, women's wife-beating justification, exposure to parental violence, and alcohol abuse among husbands. Conclusion: Controlling behaviour by husbands was significantly associated with higher likelihoods of lifetime spousal violence among ever-married Myanmar women in this study. These findings reflect an obvious need for policy development and preventive strategies against marital controlling behaviour in Myanmar.

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confidence: 85%

Spousal violence against women and its association with sociodemographic factors and husbands’ controlling behaviour: the findings of Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey (2015–2016)

Tun

Östergren

2020

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“…Depression has been known to co-occur with IPV, if a Chinese woman is a victim of violence from an intimate partner she is more likely to exhibit depression. Depression and low selfesteem have been linked in China to predicting IPV (Lin et al, 2018). In the current review, it is unknown whether the Tongqi wives were depressed before IPV and there is no mention of low self-esteem in the literature reviewed.…”

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Behind the Rainbow, “Tongqi” Wives of Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: A Systematic Review

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Background: Due to the restrictions and stigmatization of homosexuality in China, there has emerged the "Tongqi," or the wives of men who have sex with men (MSM). There are around 14 million Tongqi wives whose needs for support are often overshadowed. This phenomenon has been largely under researched, this review is the first to address the current data on the Tongqi. The aim of this systematic review is to begin to provide insight into the pre-existing data and the further support that is needed for the wives of MSM. Methods: The researchers searched PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CNKI, Sinomed and WangFang databases from their inception date until June 7, 2019. Handsearching was also completed to provide a rich data set. Results: The articles were summarized and analyzed for thematic clusters. From the selected article, five themes emerged, including Sexual Health Issues, Intimate Partner Violence, Mental Health Status, Marriage Dissatisfaction, and Coping Strategies. These themes often intersected to provide a complex understanding of the current gaps in support provided to Tongqi. Conclusion: Tongqi wives remain a hidden population in Chinese mainstream society, who deserves a sensitive approach to support. The study revealed that the MSM wives suffer severe mental, physical, health, and life related harms. However, instead of situating them into the victim roles, many women take on an identity of empowerment and are working together, aiming to make social changes. In order to address the Tongqi phenomenon, it is also essential to reduce the discrimination toward homosexuality. Tongqi are a special group of Chinese women, they require further intensive research attention.

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“…Since the 1980s, a small but growing body of research on intimate partner violence (IPV) in the People's Republic of China has emerged (Chan, 2011(Chan, , 2014Hou, Yu, Ting, Sze, & Fang, 2011;Lin, Sun, Liu, & Chen, 2018;Meng & Chan, 2000;Parish, Wang, Laumann, Pan, & Luo, 2004;Xu, 1997;Xu et al, 2005). Using a variety of community surveys, social scientists and public health scholars have documented that similar to industrialized and developing countries around the world, IPV against women has been prevalent in both the reforming and postreform eras of China.…”

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Financial Strain and Intimate Partner Violence Against Married Women in Postreform China: Evidence From Chengdu

et al. 2019

J Interpers Violence

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The primary goal of this study is to link both subjective and objective indicators of financial strain to two distinct dimensions of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women—the husband’s violent behavior and gendered control—in postreform China. The data for this study were drawn from a community survey conducted in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, in 2017 ( N = 340). By utilizing the family stress model and quantitative methods, the following results emerged from a series of multivariate statistical analyses: (a) among married women, self-perceived financial strain is significantly and positively associated with the risk of experiencing the husband’s perpetration of violent behavior and financial control; (b) low family income significantly elevates the likelihood of the husband’s exertion of personal and financial control over the wife, albeit the effect is weaker for financial control; and (c) unemployment of the husband significantly increases the likelihood of the husband’s exertion of financial controlling behavior against his wife. These results underscore the importance of gender and income inequalities in research on IPV against women in postreform China. These findings also cross-culturally substantiate the family stress model that has been utilized previously to examine the multifaceted associations between economic hardship and IPV in the U.S. Policy makers, academic researchers, and health practitioners are urged to recognize both subjective and objective financial strains as social and psychological determinants of IPV against women in postreform China.

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Chinese Women’s Experience of Intimate Partner Violence: Exploring Factors Affecting Various Types of IPV

Cited by 29 publications

References 53 publications

Spousal violence against women and its association with sociodemographic factors and husbands’ controlling behaviour: the findings of Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey (2015–2016)

Spousal violence against women and its association with sociodemographic factors and husbands’ controlling behaviour: the findings of Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey (2015–2016)

Behind the Rainbow, “Tongqi” Wives of Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: A Systematic Review

Financial Strain and Intimate Partner Violence Against Married Women in Postreform China: Evidence From Chengdu

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