Boston Medical Center, MA, USA.
Action Research and Training for Health, Udaipur, India.
J Interpers Violence. 2020 Sep;35(17-18):3308-3330. doi: 10.1177/0886260517708759. Epub 2017 May 15.
In India, physical and psychological abuse perpetrated by a mother-in-law against a daughter-in-law is well documented. However, there is a dearth of literature exploring the perceived frequency and acceptability of mother-in-law abuse or options available for survivors of this type of abuse. The goal of this qualitative study was to add to the in-law abuse literature by exploring men's and women's perspectives about physical and psychological abuse perpetrated by mothers-in-law against daughters-in-law in northern India. Forty-four women and 34 men residing in rural and urban areas of the Udaipur district in the northwest state of Rajasthan participated in semistructured interviews. Women, but not men, thought mother-in-law abuse was common in their communities. Psychological abuse was accepted in certain situations; however, few male or female participants agreed with physical mother-in-law abuse. Men were described as mediators in the context of mother-in-law abuse, and male participants thought that disrespecting a mother-in-law was a justifiable reason for a man to hit his wife. Both male and female participants described few options available for a woman experiencing mother-in-law abuse, apart from asking her husband to intervene or living as a separate, nuclear family. Grassroots initiatives and legislative policy should focus on addressing the immediate needs of women experiencing mother-in-law abuse and developing intergenerational interventions to educate men and women about the dynamics of law abuse.
在印度，婆婆对媳妇的身心虐待有大量文献记载。然而，关于婆婆虐待的感知频率和可接受性，以及这种虐待的幸存者可获得的选择，相关文献却很匮乏。本定性研究旨在通过探索印度北部男女对婆婆虐待媳妇（身心虐待）的看法，为继父母虐待文献做出补充。来自拉贾斯坦邦乌代浦地区农村和城市地区的 44 名女性和 34 名男性参与了半结构化访谈。女性认为，与男性相比，自己所在社区中婆婆虐待媳妇的情况更为常见。某些情况下，人们可以接受心理虐待；但很少有男性或女性受访者认可对媳妇进行身体虐待。在婆婆虐待的背景下，男性被描述为调解人，一些男性参与者认为，不尊重婆婆是丈夫殴打妻子的正当理由。男性和女性受访者都表示，除了要求丈夫干预或分开居住（成为核心小家庭）外，受虐待的媳妇几乎没有其他选择。基层举措和立法政策应侧重于满足受婆婆虐待的妇女的当前需求，并开展代际干预，教育男女了解继父母虐待的动态。
