Attitudes of Men and Women Towards Wife Beating: Findings From Palestinian Refugee Camps in Jordan

Khawaja, Marwan; Linos, Natalia; El-Roueiheb, Zeina

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“…The present study reveals a higher prevalence rate of domestic violence. This might be because the majority of the research projects focus on community based settings where the majority of the participants do not know about the exact definition of violence and consider husband exercising violence as a normative cultural norm (Khawaja, Linos, & El-Roueiheb, 2008). However, this study has been carried out amongst the educated strata (doctors & nurses), who are well aware about violence identification and demarcation.…”

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Lifetime Prevalence of Emotional/Psychological Abuse among Qualified Female Healthcare Providers

Khan¹,

Karmaliani²,

Ali³

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The purpose of this study was to determine the lifetime prevalence of emotional/psychological abuse among married female healthcare providers in tertiary care hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of 350 married female nurses and doctors, recruited from three tertiary healthcare hospitals (one public and two private). This study used the self administered modified truncated WHO multi-country questionnaire. Descriptive and univariate analysis was performed. Of the total sample of 350 female married healthcare providers, 97.7% (n = 342) were reported with one or more forms of domestic violence at some point in their married life, whereby 62.6% (n = 214) lifetime prevalence of emotional abuse was found due to any forms of violence. The univariate analysis showed that those female healthcare providers who had done their diploma were more prone to emotional abuse 46.7% (n = 100). And, nurses experienced more emotional abuse 57.9% (n = 124) in their life than doctors. Moreover, there was a significant difference of emotional abuse among those participants' husband who used and do not use alcohol (p = .009). The most common study participants responses against emotional abuse were: 62% (n = 212), verbally fighting back, 15.2% (n = 52) keeping quiet, 27.2% (n = 93) talking to husband, family/friends, 7% (n = 24) returning to parents' home and 5.8% (n = 20) attempting suicide. Domestic violence leads to emotional scars and should be considered as an inhuman act. However, its prevalence exists in every culture and more so in underdeveloped, economically challenged cultures. Emotional abuse is frequent among nurses and doctors. Socio-demographic factors of women have been identified as one of the determinants of emotional abuse among healthcare professionals. Future research should investigate emotional abuse pat-* Corresponding author.A. J. Khan et al. 175terns not only for professional women but also for housewives.

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Lifetime Prevalence of Emotional/Psychological Abuse among Qualified Female Healthcare Providers

Khan¹,

Karmaliani²,

Ali³

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“…Although most of the recent studies on attitudes supporting violence against women focus on examining attitudes of men in non-western societies (Diop-Sidibe, Campbell, & Becker, 2005;Haj-Yahia, 2000, 2003Khawaja, 2004;Khawaja, Linos, & El-Roueiheb, 2008), attitudes approving violence against women have been found to continue to persist in our country (Johnson, 1995;Straus, Gelles, & Steinmetz, 1980;Walker, 1989Walker, , 1996Yllo, 1993;Yllo & Straus, 1990). Attitudes and beliefs about violence towards women and wife beating have been regarded as important for understanding factors that cause and perpetuate IPV and have been documented as risk factors for IPV (Gelles & Harrop, 1989;Gelles & Straus, 1988;Saunders, 1988;Saunders, Lynch, Grayson & Linz, 1987;Straus, 1980;Tjaden, & Thoennes, 2000).…”

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Differentiation and Intimate Partner Violence

Likcani

2017

The American Journal of Family Therapy

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“…A few studies (Hindin 2003;Oyediran and Isiugo-Abanihe 2005;Khawaja et al 2008;Linos et al 2010) explored attitudinal perspectives; yet further data are needed. Developing a policy and program framework to prevent intimate-partner or domestic violence requires reliable data on the social context of wife-beating, particularly in patriarchal cultures where women have always been subjugated.…”

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Explaining trends and patterns in attitudes towards wife-beating among women in Nigeria: analysis of 2003, 2008, and 2013 Demographic and Health Survey data

Oyediran

2016

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This paper examines the patterns and trends in attitudes towards wife-beating among women in Nigeria and their determinants. Using the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey datasets, a multivariate logistic regression was fitted to assess the relationships between sociocultural factors and a woman's attitude towards being beaten by her spouse. The results indicate a significant change over time in the percentage of Nigerian women supporting or accepting the notion that a man is justified in beating or hitting his wife. The findings show that during interviews in 2003, 2008, and 2013, 62.4, 45.7, and 37.1% of women, respectively, believed that wife-beating was justified for at least one of the reasons given. Education, place of residence, wealth index, ethnic affiliation, religious affiliation, women's autonomy in household decision-making, and frequency of listening to the radio were significantly related to acceptance of wife-beating over the years. The study underscores the importance of these factors to the development of policies addressing gender-based violence and urges special attention and intervention to mitigate the effect of the cultural practices that underlie domestic violence against women in Nigeria.

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Attitudes of Men and Women Towards Wife Beating: Findings From Palestinian Refugee Camps in Jordan

Cited by 105 publications

References 29 publications

Lifetime Prevalence of Emotional/Psychological Abuse among Qualified Female Healthcare Providers

Lifetime Prevalence of Emotional/Psychological Abuse among Qualified Female Healthcare Providers

Differentiation and Intimate Partner Violence

Explaining trends and patterns in attitudes towards wife-beating among women in Nigeria: analysis of 2003, 2008, and 2013 Demographic and Health Survey data

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