Intimate Partner Violence

A BSTRACT Context: Emotional violence is the lesser recognized form of intimate partner violence (IPV) but causes long-lasting harm to a woman’s mental and physical wellbeing. Aims: To estimate the prevalence and describe the determinants of emotional violence faced by women residing in a metropolitan city of India. Settings and Design: This cross-sectional study was conducted among ‘presently married’ women living in an urban residential area of Delhi. Methods and Material: We used the NFHS-3 questionnaire and criteria to record the study participants’ responses regarding their experience of ‘emotional violence’. Women saying yes to emotional violence further quantified the frequency of each type of abuse into ‘often’ or ‘sometimes’ in the past 12 months. Informed consent was obtained from all participants, and the Institutional Ethics Committee approved the study. Statistical Analysis Used: Logistic regression analysis was used to determine emotional violence with various socio-demographic factors and other forms of IPV. Results: A total of 99 (19.8%) women had ‘ever’ faced psychological abuse by their husbands. 15.2% of women were humiliated by husbands, and 11.6% of women were insulted and made to feel bad about themselves. Women whose husbands consume alcohol (OR = 1.74 (1.07–2.84), exhibit controlling behaviour, (OR = 2.79 (1.74–4.46) exhibit physical (OR = 10.83 (6.4–18.32) or sexual (OR = 5.53 (3–10.2) violence were at significantly higher risk of facing psychological abuse within their marriages. Conclusions: Physical violence and controlling were found to be significantly associated with the experience of emotional violence after adjusting for all other variables. Primary care physicians should be sensitized to this critical health issue.

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“…The primary healthcare providers should be aware of the legal provisions and formal and informal support mechanisms to help such women. [ 26 ]…”

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confidence: 99%

Prevalence and determinants of emotional violence faced by married women in Delhi, India: A cross-sectional study

Mukherjee¹,

Joshi²,

Arora³

2023

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

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“…The World Health Organization (2013) does not recommend mandatory reporting of IPV to the police but encourages health care providers to offer to report the incident if the woman desires and is aware of her rights. It is vital that the woman participates in the development of her safety plan since she best knows her individual safety needs (McKibbin & Gill-Hopple, 2018).…”

Section: Mandatory Reporting Requirementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Intimate Partner Violence

Obstetric¹,

Nurses²

2019

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing

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Men’s and women’s views on acceptability of husband-to-wife violence and use of corporal punishment with children in 21 low- and middle-income countries

Lansford

Zietz

Putnick

et al. 2020

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Background: Monitoring violence against women and children, and understanding risk factors and consequences of such violence, are key parts of the action plan for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. Objective:We examined how men's and women's views about the acceptability of husband-towife violence are related within households and how views about the acceptability of husband-towife violence are related to beliefs in the necessity of using corporal punishment to rear children and to reported use of corporal punishment with children. Participants and Setting:We used nationally representative samples of men and women in 37,641 households in 21 low-and middle-income countries that participated in UNICEF's Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey.

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Intimate Partner Violence

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Prevalence and determinants of emotional violence faced by married women in Delhi, India: A cross-sectional study

Prevalence and determinants of emotional violence faced by married women in Delhi, India: A cross-sectional study

Intimate Partner Violence

Men’s and women’s views on acceptability of husband-to-wife violence and use of corporal punishment with children in 21 low- and middle-income countries

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