BACKGROUND A small number of studies conducted in Pakistan have shown high rates of domestic violence. None of the studies, however, discussed associated psychosocial factors. We interviewed a group of women to look at violence and associated psychosocial factors. We wanted to see if self-esteem, quality of relationships, social support, stressful life events, psychiatric symptoms, and differen...

As we go into the 21st century, we can look at the past 30 years of domestic violence advocacy and research and remark proudly on how far we have come. The accumulated scientific knowledge, practitioner wisdom, policy changes, and public opinion changes are all remarkable (Klein, Campbell, Soler, & Ghez, 1997). What is even more exciting is that it looks like all that work has achieved at least...

and an accepted practice. The most recent estimates show that as many as 35 percent of married women aged 15–49 had experienced physical violence and 10 percent had experienced sexual violence perpetrated by their current or former husband over the course of their married life (IIPS and Macro International, 2007). Policies and programmes have increasingly focused on preventing violence against ...

Many Web sites address issues of trauma and violence in women, including women during pregnancy, and in infants. This column highlights a few selected resources relating to violence against women, during pregnancy and in young infants, including shaken baby syndrome. Most sites that provide education, support, and links to services or other resources for violence address issues for both women a...

The international women’s movement has always focused on discrimination against women, but only in the past few decades have activists paid special attention to domestic violence. In post-communist Europe, it took even longer but the Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, and Slovene governments eventually reacted to domestic and global pressure and established new definitions and norms dealing with...

As noted in the report of the National Committee on Violence, Violence: Directions for Australia (1990, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, p. 42), there has been little research on the issue of bias-related violence, particularly violence based on sexual preference. However, Violence against Lesbians and Gay Men indicates the prevalence of this worrying form of violence and suggests...

■ Gender relations (e.g., decision making and control of resources within the family). Until recently, violence against women has been virtually invisible in most countries , either because women are ashamed Cross-sectional surveys provide an image of a situation at a specific time. When applied to the study of violence, cross-sectional surveys are useful for providing information about the pro...

women are faced with violence in the private sphere (by their father, husband) and in the society (public sphere). regarding irretrievable impacts of violence on women and society, governments have not considered the matter seriously. the objective of this article is to present research findings on disguised violence that is violence in the family (domestic violence) which for many reasons are ...

AIMS To estimate the prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) among spouses of men who use alcohol in two rural areas in Sri Lanka, and to examine whether the severity of alcohol-related problems (ARPs) in men and presence of alcohol-related domestic violence are associated with MDD among these women. METHOD In a cross-sectional study, ARPs among men were assessed using Alcohol Use Disor...