eprintid: 10186822 rev_number: 6 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/18/68/22 datestamp: 2024-02-08 12:15:18 lastmod: 2024-02-08 12:15:18 status_changed: 2024-02-08 12:15:18 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Shah, AH creators_name: Catalano, A creators_name: Bhatia, U creators_name: Gupta, D creators_name: Daruwalla, N creators_name: Osrin, D creators_name: Nadkarni, A title: Coping Strategies and Help-Seeking Behaviors among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Study of Spouses of Men with Heavy Drinking in India ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: D01 note: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ abstract: Background. Despite the high prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in India (33%), there are persistently low rates of disclosure and help-seeking amongst survivors. The aim of this study was to explore both coping strategies employed by survivors and the perceived barriers and facilitators to seeking support from informal and formal resource networks. Methods. We conducted semistructured, in-depth qualitative interviews with thirty-five women survivors of IPV in Goa, India, in secure, private locations, utilizing flipcharts and vignettes to elicit deeper insights into efficacies of support resources. The data were transcribed, translated, and analyzed utilizing qualitative content analysis. Results. The most common coping mechanisms cited by survivors involved passive resistance, such as self-distraction, keeping quiet during violent outbursts, and leaving the home temporarily. Generally, survivors sought support from informal support networks (the natal family, in-laws, neighbors/community members, and close friends) before approaching formal support structures (medical/legal professionals, professors, police, and nongovernment organizations). In fact, informal structures were often facilitators of formal help-seeking. Survivors sought help at various stages of their marital relationship. Primary deterrents to help-seeking included the normalization of IPV by survivors and providers alike, resulting in the stigmatization of disclosing experiences of IPV and ostracism of survivors and close relatives; another barrier was a general lack of awareness of existing support resources. Conclusion. Our findings reveal that there are numerous barriers to help-seeking and shortcomings of support resources. Survivors' evaluations of support resources reveal that robust, community-level, and meso-level structural changes are required to promote help-seeking behaviors, including the destigmatization of IPV amongst providers and broader society and raising awareness of available support resources. date: 2024-01-08 date_type: published publisher: Hindawi Limited official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/6839787 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2228240 doi: 10.1155/2024/6839787 lyricists_name: Osrin, David lyricists_id: DOSRI65 actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette actors_id: BFFLY94 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Health and Social Care in the Community volume: 2024 article_number: 6839787 editors_name: Niroumand Sarvandani, Mohammad citation: Shah, AH; Catalano, A; Bhatia, U; Gupta, D; Daruwalla, N; Osrin, D; Nadkarni, A; (2024) Coping Strategies and Help-Seeking Behaviors among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Study of Spouses of Men with Heavy Drinking in India. Health and Social Care in the Community , 2024 , Article 6839787. 10.1155/2024/6839787 <https://doi.org/10.1155/2024%2F6839787>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10186822/1/6839787.pdf