TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Women's attitudes towards formal and informal support-seeking coping strategies against intimate partner violence
JO  - International social work
A1  - Sayem, Amir Mohammad
A1  - Begum, Housne Ara
A1  - Moneesha, Shanta Shyamolee
SP  - 270
EP  - 286
VL  - 58
IS  - 2
N2  - This article examines women's attitudes towards informal, formal social and formal legal support-seeking strategies against intimate partner violence (IPV). This study found that the majority of the participants were likely to seek help from informal, formal social and formal legal agents. Multivariate analyses revealed that women's attitudes significantly varied by women's age, women's working status, experience of violence, receipt of micro-credit, women's decision-making authority, husband's age, husband's education, family economic status and family type. We suggest that increased employment opportunities and increased number of micro-credit recipients may change women's attitudes from avoidance coping strategies to help-seeking coping strategies.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0020-8728
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872813482957
ID  - ref1
ER  -