Abstract
IPV is a significant public health issue in India. This chapter examines the prevalence and incidence of IPV and the extant literature on risk and protective factors available in this area. A review of the regional variations in IPV forms (physical, psychological, and sexual) and challenges in help-seeking behaviors has been discussed. A socio-ecological lens is used to enumerate and categorize the levels of culturally tailored IPV interventions implemented across India (advocacy and legal-based, community-based interventions in non-healthcare and healthcare settings, dyad-level, and individual- and group-based interventions). Finally, we examine the strength, limitations, and implications for IPV prevention and intervention in the Indian cultural context.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Breakthrough. (2013). Rapid audience assessment survey round II report. Retrieved from FINAL Report RAS 2_March 8.doc FINAL (bellbajao.org)
Chakrapani, V., Lakshmi, P., Tsai, A. C., Vijin, P. P., Kumar, P., & Srinivas, V. (2019). The syndemic of violence victimisation, drug use, frequent alcohol use, and HIV transmission risk behaviour among men who have sex with men: Cross-sectional, population-based study in India. SSM – Population Health, 7, 100348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.100348
Das, A., Mogford, E., Singh, S. K., Barbhuiya, R. A., Chandra, S., & Wahl, R. (2012). Reviewing responsibilities and renewing relationships: An intervention with men on violence against women in India. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 14. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2012.677477
Dave, A. (2013). Strategic alliance, a way forward for violence against women: A case for the special cells, India. Violence Against Women, 19(10), 1203–1223. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801213506284
Deosthali, P., Maghnani, P., & Malik, S. (2005). Establishing Dilaasa: Documenting the challenges. Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT), Mumbai. Retrieved from http://www.cehat.org/go/uploads/Dilaasa/estabdilaasa.pdf
Dutt, A. (2015). How and why number of young Indian couples getting divorced has risen sharply.. Retrieved from https://www.hindustantimes.com/sex-and-relationships/how-and-why-number-of-young-indian-couples-getting-divorced-has-risen-sharply/story-mEuaEoviW40d6slLZbGu6J.htm
Gandhi, S., Poreddi, V., Nikhil, R. S., Palaniappan, M., & Math, S. B. (2018). Indian novice nurses’ perceptions of their role in caring for women who have experienced intimate partner violence. British Journal of Nursing (Mark Allen Publishing), 27(10), 559–564. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2018.27.10.559
Hartmann, M., Datta, S., Browne, E. N., Appiah, P., Banay, R., Caetano, V., Floreak, R., Spring, H., Sreevasthsa, A., Thomas, S., Selvam, S., & Srinivasan, K. (2020). A combined behavioral economics and cognitive behavioral therapy intervention to reduce alcohol use and intimate partner violence among couples in Bengaluru, India: Results of a pilot study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260519898431.
HSHRC. (n.d.). Haryana state action plan: Sexual and gender based violence. Retrieved from http://164.100.86.208/rsap.pdf
International Center for Research on Women. (2000). Domestic violence in India: A summary report of four records studies. Retrieved from https://www.icrw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Domestic-Violence-in-India-2-A-Summary-Report-of-Four-Records-Studies.pdf
International Institute for Population Sciences. (2016). National family health survey (NFHS-4), 2015–16.. Retrieved from http://rchiips.org/NFHS/NFHS-4Reports/India.pdf
Jejeebhoy, S. J., Santhya, K. G., Acharya, R., Zavier, A. J. F., Pandey, N., et al. (2017). Empowering women and addressing violence against them through self-help groups (SHGs). Population Council. Retrieved from: https://www.popcouncil.org/uploads/pdfs/2017PGY_SelfHelpGroups.pdf
Joshi, C. S., Gaule, H., Antony, R., Shankar, N., & Deepkumar, V. (2009). Violence against women. Indian Institute of Management.
Kalokhe, A. S., del Rio, C., Dunkle, K., Stephenson, R., Metheny, N., Paranjape, A., & Sahay, S. (2017). Domestic violence against women in India: A systematic review of a decade of quantitative studies. Global Public Health, 12(4), 498–513. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2015.1119293
Kalokhe, A. S., Iyer, S., Katendra, T., Gadhe, K., Kolhe, A. R., Paranjape, A., Del Rio, C., Stephenson, R., & Sahay, S. (2019). Primary prevention of intimate partner violence among recently married dyads residing in the slums of Pune, India: Development and rationale for a dyadic intervention. JMIR Research Protocols, 8(1), e11533. https://doi.org/10.2196/11533
Kamimura, A., Ganta, V., & Thomas, T. (2015). Intimate partner violence, childhood abuse, and in-law abuse among women utilizing community mental health services in Gujarat, India. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 32(24), 3778–3796. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260515603973
Kethineni, S., Srinivasan, M., & Kakar, S. (2016). Combating violence against women in India: Nari Adalats and gender-based justice. Women & Criminal Justice, 26, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/08974454.2015.1121850
Krishnan, S., Subbiah, K., Khanum, S., Chandra, P. S., & Padian, N. S. (2012). An intergenerational women’s empowerment intervention to mitigate domestic violence: Results of a pilot study in Bengaluru, India. Violence Against Women, 18(3), 346–370. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801212442628
Kundapur, R., Shetty, S. M., Kempaller, V. J., Kumar, A., & Anurupa, M. (2017). Violence against educated women by intimate partners in Urban Karnataka, India. Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 42, 147–150. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_41_16
Ler, P., Sivakami, M., & Monarrez-Espino, J. (2017). Prevalence and factors associated with intimate partner violence among young women aged 15 to 24 years in India: A socio-ecological approach. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 35(19–20), 4083–4116. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260517710484
Malik, J. S., & Nadda, A. (2019). A cross-sectional study of gender-based violence against men in the rural area of Haryana, India. Indian Journal of Community Medicine: official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine, 44(1), 35–38. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_222_18
Miller, E., Das, M., Tancredi, D. J., McCauley, H. L., Virata, M. C. D., Nettiksimmons, J., et al. (2014). Evaluation of a gender-based violence prevention program for student athletes in Mumbai, India. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 29, 758–778. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260513505205
Mona. (2020, Feb 16). Succor for the scarred at Haryana’s 12 Sukoon centres: Help victims of sexual, gender-based violence. Tribune News Service. Retrieved from https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/succour-for-the-scarred-at-states-12-sukoon-centres-42628
Patel, A., Weobong, B., Patel, V., & Singla, D. (2019). Psychological treatments for depression among women experiencing intimate partner violence: Findings from a randomized controlled trial for behavioral activation in Goa, India. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 22, 779–789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-019-00992-2
Poreddi, V., Gandhi, S., Reddy, S. N., Palaniappan, M., & BadaMath, S. (2020). Effectiveness of nurses training in routine screening of violence against women with mental illness: A randomized controlled trial. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 34(4), 200–205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2020.05.003
Pulerwitz, J., Michaelis, A., Verma, R., & Weiss, E. (2010). Addressing gender dynamics and engaging men in HIV programs: Lessons learned from Horizons research. Public health reports (Washington, D.C.: 1974), 125(2), 282–292. https://doi.org/10.1177/003335491012500219
Raj, A., Ghule, M., Ritter, J., Battala, M., Gajanan, V., et al. (2016). Cluster randomized controlled trial evaluation of a gender equity and family planning intervention for married men and couples in rural India. PLoS One, 11(5), e0153190. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153190
Sabri, B., Renner, L. M., Stockman, J. K., Mitta, M., & Decker, M. R. (2014). Risk factors for severe intimate partner violence and violence-related injuries among women in India. Women & Health, 54(4), 281–300.
Saggurti, N., Nair, S., Silverman, J., Naik, D., Battala, M., Dasgupta, A., Balaiah, D., & Raj, A. (2014). Impact of the RHANI wives intervention on marital conflict and sexual coercion. International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 126(1), 18–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.01.015
Satyanarayana, V. A., Nattala, P., Selvam, S., Pradeep, J., Hebbani, S., Hegde, S., & Srinivasan, K. (2016). Integrated cognitive behavioral intervention reduces intimate partner violence among alcohol dependent men, and improves mental health outcomes in their spouses: A clinic based randomized controlled trial from South India. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 64, 29–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2016.02.005
Shah, A. (2002). Violence and abuse in therapy with couples guidelines and concerns of a therapist and concerns of a therapist cum trainer. Eastern Journal of Psychiatry, 7(1–2), 62–70.
Shanthakumari, R. S., Chandra, P. S., Riazantseva, E., & Stewart, D. E. (2014). ‘Difficulties come to humans and not trees and they need to be faced’: A study on resilience among Indian women experiencing intimate partner violence. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 60(7), 703–710. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764013513440.
USAID. (2019). Partnership for gender equality.. Retrieved from https://www.usaid.gov/india/gender-equality
Verma, A., Qureshi, H., & Kim, J. Y. (2017). Exploring the trend of violence against women in India. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 41, 3–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/01924036.2016.1211021
Vranda, M. N., Kumar, C. N., Muralidhar, D., Janardhana, N., & Sivakumar, P. T. (2018). Barriers to disclosure of intimate partner violence among female patients availing services at tertiary care psychiatric hospitals: A qualitative study. Journal of Neuroscience Rural Practice, 9, 326–330.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2021 American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Palit, M., Mittal, M. (2021). Intimate Partner Violence in India. In: Stith, S.M., Spencer, C.M. (eds) International Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence. AFTA SpringerBriefs in Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74808-1_6
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74808-1_6
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-74807-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-74808-1
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and PsychologyBehavioral Science and Psychology (R0)