Good women, martyrs, and survivors: A theoretical framework for South Asian Women's responses to partner violence

Violence Against Women

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-105

  Pinnewala, Parvani ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical case studies; Help seeking; South Asian partner violence; Sri Lanka; Theoretical framework

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMAN; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LITERATURE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SRI LANKA; SURVIVOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMEN; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSE ABUSE; SRI LANKA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 57349188952     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208328005     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Ahmed-Gosh, H. (2004). Chattels of society: Domestic violence in India. Violence Against Women, 10, 94-118.
2. Bennett, L.R., & Manderson, L. (2003). Introduction: Gender inequality and technologies of violence. In L. Manderson & L. R. Bennett (Eds.), Violence against women in Asian societies (pp. 1-19). London: Routledge.
3. Brown, J. (1997). Working toward freedom from violence: The process of change in battered women. Violence Against Women, 3, 5-26.
4. Carlson, B.E. (1984). Causes and maintenance of domestic violence. Social Service Review, 58, 569-587.
5. Carlson, B.E. (1997). A stress coping approach to intervention with abused women. Family Relations, 46, 291-298.
6. Dobash, R.E., & Dobash, R. (1988). Research as social action. In K. Yllo & M. Bograd (Eds.), Feminist perspectives on wife abuse (pp 299-312). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
7. Gondolf, E.W., & Fisher, E.R. (1988). Battered women as survivors: An alternative to treating learned helplessness. Lexington, MA: D.C. Health.
8. Goodman, L., Dutton, M.A., Vankos, N., & Weinfurt, W. (2005). Women's resources and use of strategies as risk and protective factors for re-abuse over time. Violence Against Women, 11, 311-336.
9. Heise, L.L. (1998). Violence against women: An integrated, ecological framework. Violence Against Women, 4, 262-290.
10. Heise, L.L., Raikes, A., Watts, C.H., & Zwi, A.B. (1994). Violence against women: A neglected public health issue in less developed countries. Social Science & Medicine, 39, 1165-1179.
11. Herbert, T.B., Silver, R.C., & Ellard, J.H. (1991). Coping with an abusive relationship: How and why do women stay ? Journal of Marriage and the Family, 53, 311-325.
12. Johnson, M.P., & Ferraro, K.J. (2000). Research on domestic violence in the 1990s: Making distinctions. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 62, 948-963.
13. Lazarus, R.S., & Folkman, S. (1984). Stress, appraisal and coping. New York: Springer.
14. Panchanadeswaran, S., & Koverola, C. (2005). The voices of battered women in India. Violence Against Women, 11, 736-758.
15. Prochaska, J.O., & DiClemente, C.C. (1982). Transtheoretical therapy: Toward a more integrative model of change. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 19, 276-288.
16. Rao, S., Indhu, S., Chopra, A., Nagamani, S.N., & Padaki, R. (2000). Domestic violence: A study of organizational data. In Domestic violence in India 2: A summary report of four studies (pp. 15-24). Washington, DC: International Center for Research on Women and Center for Development and Population Activities.
17. Schechter, S. (1988). Building bridges between activists, professionals, and researchers. In K. Yllo & M. Bograd (Eds.), Feminist perspectives on wife abuse (pp 299-312). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
18. Sen, P. (1999). Enhancing women's choices in responding to domestic violence in Calcutta: A comparison of employment and education. European Journal of Development Research, 11, 65-86.
19. Strube, M.J., & Barbour, L.S. (1983). The decision to leave an abusive relationship: Economic dependence and psychological commitment. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 45, 783-793.
20. Strube, M.J., & Barbour, L.S. (1984). Factors related to the decision to leave an abusive relationship. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 46, 837-844.
21. Walker, L.E. (1979). The battered woman. New York: Harper & Row.
22. Walker, L.E. (1984). Battered woman syndrome. New York: Springer.