Ahmad, FRiaz, SBarata, PStewart, Donna Eileen2016-08-162016-08-162004-03Ahmad F, Riaz S, Barata P & Stewart DE. Patriarchal beliefs and perceptions of abuse among South Asian immigrant women. Violence Against Women 2004; 10(3):262-282.http://hdl.handle.net/10315/31826This study investigates the relationship between South Asian immigrant women’s patriarchal beliefs and their perceptions of spousal abuse. Twenty-minute telephone surveys were conducted with 47 women. The survey collected information about demographic characteristics, patriarchal beliefs, ethnic identity, and abuse status. Participants were read a vignette that depicted an abusive situation and were asked whether they felt that the woman in the vignette was a victim of spousal abuse. As hypothesized, higher agreement with patriarchal social norms predicted a decreased likelihood of identifying the woman in the vignette as a victim of spousal abuse. This finding is discussed in terms of its application to violence against women educational programs in the South Asian immigrant community.Immigrant womenPatriarchySouth Asian womenArticlehttps://doi.org/10.1177/1077801203256000