Expressions of Women Survivors of Domestic Violence: Idioms of Distress

Thakur, Aishwarya; Rangaswamy, Madhavi

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“…Of the eleven studies, eight studies assessed the association between spousal violence (physical, sexual and psychological) and clinical depression [18,[20][21][22][23][27][28][29], while two studied antenatal and postnatal depression as outcomes [23,24]. Only four studies explored the association between spousal violence and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) [18,[25][26][27].…”

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“…Two studies [18,25] assessed for suicidality including ideation and attempts. Only one study [28] Consecutive pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic at Jaya Nagar General Hospital (also known as Sanjay Gandhi Hospital), a public sector hospital in Bangalore, India.…”

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“…The qualitative studies included in this review studied the prevalence of different types of domestic violence among the participants and the association between domestic abuse and poor mental health outcomes [27,28]. One study assessed the prevalence of depression, PTSD, and suicidality [27].…”

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“…The other study assessed "Idioms of Distress" (IOD) listed in the DSM-V criteria as the outcome of interest. 6 survivors of domestic sexual abuse were included in the study and all of them displayed symptoms of severe mental distress, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, distrust of people, sleeping and concentration problems, low self-esteem, changed goals and aspirations and feelings of sadness [28]. Participants reported that such feelings and loss of interest in any chores or daily tasks prompted further violence [28].…”

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“…6 survivors of domestic sexual abuse were included in the study and all of them displayed symptoms of severe mental distress, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, distrust of people, sleeping and concentration problems, low self-esteem, changed goals and aspirations and feelings of sadness [28]. Participants reported that such feelings and loss of interest in any chores or daily tasks prompted further violence [28]. However, the authors did not study the association of different forms of domestic abuse and the observed IODs [28].…”

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Marital rape and its impact on the mental health of women in India: A systematic review

Agarwal

Abdalla²,

Cohen³

2022

PLOS Glob Public Health

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This systematic review aims to describe the prevalence of marital rape in India, the analytic methods employed in its study, and its implications on mental health of victims. Online databases, PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and APA Psych, were systematically searched for articles published up until November 2020. Selected articles included those published from or studies conducted in India where the primary exposure was marital rape. The primary outcomes of interest are Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Depression. Secondary outcomes related to PTSD and depression (e.g., suicidality) included in identified studies were also described. 11 studies were included after excluding studies based on our selection criteria: 9 quantitative studies and 2 qualitative studies. Sexual coercion by intimate partner was highly prevalent, ranging from 9%-80% and marital rape ranged from 2%-56%. Many of the studies reported statistically significant associations between marital rape and mental health outcomes, including clinical depression (7 of 8); PTSD (1 of 3). Quantitative studies were assessed for quality and risk of bias using the NIH Quality Assessment Scale and the modified Newcastle Ottawa Scale for cross-sectional and observational cohort studies, and most exhibited a low risk of bias. Qualitative studies identified a broad range of exposures and psychological sequlae of marital rape not captured by quantitative studies. Included publications exhibit a low to moderate association between marital rape and adverse mental health outcomes. Qualitative data also supplements these findings and provide relevant context. Further research on marital rape, its prevalence and consequences, is needed to advance policy, and health infrastructure on the subject.

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Cuts destroy, hurt, kill: a critical metaphor analysis of the response of UK academics to the UK overseas aid budget funding cuts

Imperiale

Phipps

2022

Journal of Multicultural Discourses

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The Belly's Word: Domestic Violence in a Bengali Clinic

Maitra

2023

Med Anthropol Q

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Unspeakability is a dominant analytic lens in scholarship on gendered violence in India, but women can and do speak out. This article examines how Bengali women complain about domestic violence through peter katha, the belly's word. The capacious pet (belly) is the seat of tension, where abuse dwells in the body. At a clinic in Kolkata, India, women describe sensations of abdominal pain, pressure, and hunger to convey patterns and temporalities of violence. Yet complaints of belly pain go unacknowledged by local clinicians. Hygiene discourses frame poor women's bodies, not structural violence, as the problem. Peter katha is more than an idiom of distress: it is a genre of embodied complaint that illuminates violence as the accrual of harm and, in its dynamic and layered quality, moves beyond a binary of disclosure or concealment. Anthropologists may use peter katha to extend the conceptual vocabulary of gender and silence. [domestic violence, kinship, complaint, hygiene, belly, India]

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Expressions of Women Survivors of Domestic Violence: Idioms of Distress

Cited by 3 publications

References 41 publications

Marital rape and its impact on the mental health of women in India: A systematic review

Marital rape and its impact on the mental health of women in India: A systematic review

Cuts destroy, hurt, kill: a critical metaphor analysis of the response of UK academics to the UK overseas aid budget funding cuts

The Belly's Word: Domestic Violence in a Bengali Clinic

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