South Asian Immigrant Men and Women and Conceptions of Partner Violence
| dc.contributor.author | Ahmad, F | |
| dc.contributor.author | Smylie, J | |
| dc.contributor.author | Omand, M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cyriac, A | |
| dc.contributor.author | O'Campo, P | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-01T04:03:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-08-01T04:03:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-10-15 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Limited knowledge exists about conceptual variations in defining intimate partner violence (IPV) by ethnicity, such as South Asian (SA) immigrant men and women. In a multi-ethnic study, we employed participatory concept mapping with three phases: brainstorming on what constitutes IPV; sorting of the brainstormed items; and interpretation of visual concept maps generated statistically. The parent study generated an overall general multi-ethnic map (GMEM) that included participant interpretations. In the current study, we generated a SA specific initial-map that was interpreted by eleven SA men and women in gender specific groups. Their interpretations are examined for similar and unique aspects across men and women and compared to GMEM. SA men and women shared similar views about sexual abuse and victim retaliation, which also aligned closely with GMEM. Both SA women and men had an expanded view of the concept of controlling behaviors compared to GMEM. SA women, unlike SA men, viewed some aggressive behaviors and acts as cultural with some GMEM congruence. SA women uniquely identified some IPV acts as private–public. We discuss implications for research and service assessments. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The research was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FRN#84492). Dr. Smylie was funded by a CIHR New Investigator Award in Knowledge Translation at the time of the study. Dr. Ahmad’s time was partially funded through the CIHR New Investigator Award in Roadmap Signature Initiatives in Community-based Primary Health Care. We also thank all the participants for their voluntary participation. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ahmad et al. South Asian Immigrant Men and Women and Conceptions of Partner Violence. Journal of Immigrant Minority Health 2015. (Epub ahead of print). | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10315/31636 | |
| dc.publisher | Springer | en_US |
| dc.rights | Attribution 2.5 Canada | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ca/ | * |
| dc.subject | Intimate partner violence | en_US |
| dc.subject | Concept mapping | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ethnicity | en_US |
| dc.subject | South Asian | en_US |
| dc.subject | Immigrants | en_US |
| dc.title | South Asian Immigrant Men and Women and Conceptions of Partner Violence | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |