Intimate partner violence and common mental disorders in Indianwomen – effects of autonomy, social support and spirituality

This study investigated the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and common mental disorders (CMD) and the effects of autonomy, experience of social support and spirituality on CMD outcomes in women from a low socio-economic area of Mumbai, India. Twenty eight percent of women report...

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Main Author: Schineanu, Andrea Beatrice
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96
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description This study investigated the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and common mental disorders (CMD) and the effects of autonomy, experience of social support and spirituality on CMD outcomes in women from a low socio-economic area of Mumbai, India. Twenty eight percent of women reported IPV and had a CMD. Rates of CMD increased with co-prevalence of emotional IPV, physical IPV and sexual IPV in that particular order. The study proposes the use of a community framework that engages the men and family in interventions.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-962017-02-20T06:41:35Z Intimate partner violence and common mental disorders in Indianwomen – effects of autonomy, social support and spirituality Schineanu, Andrea Beatrice This study investigated the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and common mental disorders (CMD) and the effects of autonomy, experience of social support and spirituality on CMD outcomes in women from a low socio-economic area of Mumbai, India. Twenty eight percent of women reported IPV and had a CMD. Rates of CMD increased with co-prevalence of emotional IPV, physical IPV and sexual IPV in that particular order. The study proposes the use of a community framework that engages the men and family in interventions. 2013 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Schineanu, Andrea Beatrice
Intimate partner violence and common mental disorders in Indianwomen – effects of autonomy, social support and spirituality
title Intimate partner violence and common mental disorders in Indianwomen – effects of autonomy, social support and spirituality
title_full Intimate partner violence and common mental disorders in Indianwomen – effects of autonomy, social support and spirituality
title_fullStr Intimate partner violence and common mental disorders in Indianwomen – effects of autonomy, social support and spirituality
title_full_unstemmed Intimate partner violence and common mental disorders in Indianwomen – effects of autonomy, social support and spirituality
title_short Intimate partner violence and common mental disorders in Indianwomen – effects of autonomy, social support and spirituality
title_sort intimate partner violence and common mental disorders in indianwomen – effects of autonomy, social support and spirituality
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96