| Title |
Intimate partner violence against women and its related immigration stressors in Pakistani immigrant families in Germany
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|---|---|
| Published in |
SpringerPlus, June 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/2193-1801-1-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rubeena Zakar, Muhammad Z Zakar, Thomas Faist, Alexander Kraemer |
| Abstract |
This paper addresses the issue of intimate partner violence against women and its related immigration stressors in Pakistani immigrant families in Germany. Drawing on 32 in-depth interviews with Pakistani women in three cities in Germany, we found that psychological violence was the commonly reported violence among the study participants. The data showed that the process of immigration exacerbated tensions between spouses because of various immigration stressors such as threats to cultural identity, children's socialization, and social isolation. In order to cope with the stressful spousal relations, women applied various indigenous strategies, but avoided seeking help from the host country's formal care-providing institutions. This study also debunks some stereotypes and popular media clichés about the "victimhood of women from conservative developing countries" and provides an understanding of the issue of intimate partner violence within an immigration context. Further research with a larger sample will be helpful to understand immigration-induced stress and intimate partner violence in immigrant families. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chile | 1 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 59 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 15 | 25% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 10% |
| Researcher | 4 | 7% |
| Lecturer | 4 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 13 | 21% |
| Unknown | 16 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 15 | 25% |
| Psychology | 11 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Unknown | 17 | 28% |
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