Abstract
Domestic violence (DV) is prevalent in low-income and slum-dwelling communities in India. To date, the focus of DV prevention in resource-poor settings has largely been with women. We herein aim to identify correlates of DV perpetration to help inform future primary prevention efforts that focus on behavioral change in men. Utilizing a cross-sectional design, potential correlates of DV perpetration were explored among a geographically-clustered random sample of 100 recently-married men residing in slums in Pune, India. In multivariable regression, DV perpetration was associated with less time spent alone in the relationship post-marriage (standardized β = -0.230, p<0.01), not attaining the “husband ideal” (standardized β = -0.201, p<0.05), poor resilience (standardized β = -0.304, p < .01), having limited definitions of behaviors constituting DV (standardized β = -0.217, p<0.05), and reporting greater jealousy if the participant’s spouse were to talk to men outside the family (standardized β = 0.272, p<0.01). The identified correlates should inform components of future DV primary prevention interventions that target men as potential perpetrators or the couple as a unit.
Highlights
In India, domestic violence (DV) is defined as the physical, sexual, and psychological abuse and control against a woman by a partner or family member [1]
Correlates of early DV perpetration among men residing in slums in Pune, India
As part of the formative work in developing a couples-based intervention for the primary prevention of DV in India, we explored potential determinants of DV perpetration among recently-married men residing in slum communities
Summary
In India, domestic violence (DV) is defined as the physical, sexual, and psychological abuse and control against a woman by a partner or family member [1]. While DV is prevalent globally [2,3], approximately one out of every three women in India report experiencing violence at the hands of their spouse at some point in their lifetime [4]. Several studies demonstrate that this proportion is even greater in slum-dwelling and other low-income communities across India [5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13]. Proposed explanations for higher DV reporting among slum-dwelling communities include heightened stress and conflict due to poverty, overcrowding, and associated conditions, weakened support systems, stronger norms accepting DV, and poverty-related. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript
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