Open AccessEffects of Domestic Violence on Behavioral Patterns of Female in Multan City
Author(s) -
Alia Hussain,
Saima Afzal,
Allah Dad
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of peace, development and communication
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-7901
pISSN - 2663-7898
DOI - 10.36968/jpdc-v05-i01-23
Subject(s) - domestic violence , respondent , normative , psychology , socialization , equity (law) , social psychology , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , political science , medicine , medical emergency , law
This study is conducted to find out the impact of domestic violence on the behavioral patternof females experiencing violence. To fulfill the purpose of this research work, the researchertried to approach those females who experienced domestic violence by their families and theresearcher went to those institutes which only were dealing with these types of cases. Asample of 106 respondents (Shaheed Benazir women crisis center (46), Dar ul Aman (30),Dar ul Falah(30) was selected by using simple random sampling. The result confirmed thatdomestic violence had a significant impact on behavioral patterns. There is also a significantrelationship between physical and psychological violence and change in behavioral patterns.The researchers conclude that most of the respondent’s husbands physically orpsychologically brutalize them and domestic violence is a serious issue that affects thebehavioral pattern of females. The study suggests that policies should be enforced to stopdomestic violence and a change in the normative framework is required for the socializationof sons/males to establish gender equality and equity.