Topic to Present: Domestic Violence and Mentle Health

• Presented to:- Dr. Umair Minhas

• Presented By:-
Sulaiman Shah 4045
Parvez Ali 4044
Israr kakar 4021
Mehroz Hoth 4026

Subject: Qualitative Research Methodology

Department:- Sociology

Government College University, Lahore.

Research Synopsis:
➢ The fundamental purpose of this research is to understand domestic violence
and mental health. We will understand that how domestic violence affects
mental health.This qualitative research explores basic relationship between
domestic violence and mental health.
Phenomenology:
➢ It is philosophical approach, in which researchers seek to explore ans describes
the lived experiences of individuals. Researchers used this approach to
understand the subjective meaning that individuals attach to their experiences.
➢ We explore lived experiences of women who are domestic violence victim
through in-depths interview.
➢ Introduction.
➢ Domestic violence is defined as a pattern of abusive behavior that includes a
wide range of physical, sexual,and mental abusive maltreatment used by one
person in an intimate relationship against another to unfairly gain power.
Domestic violence has found to be more emotional and psychological damaging
than physical. According to victims, emotional abuse has a greater impact on
them than physical abuse.
Mental Health:
➢ A state of mind characterised by emotional well being, good behavioral
adjustment, relative freedom from anxiety and the ability to establish
constructive relationship and cope with everyday demands and stress.
➢Many factors like social, culture and biological can cause mental health
diseases. Any kind of violence either it is physical or domestic or
psychological is directly associated with mental health. it cause serious
mental conditions like anxiety, depression, inclination towards suicide etc.
Statement of the problem:
➢ Domestic violence deeply affects the mental health of women.The purpose
of this study is to find how domestic violence affects mental health of
women and what are the causes of domestic violence.
➢Purpose Of the Study:-
➢The purposive of this qualitative research is to gain deeper understandind
about domestic violence and women mental health.

➢Research objectives:
➢ to ascertain the prevalence, characteristics and causes of domestic
violence against adult and adolescent females.
➢ to learn about female perceptions of dealing with violence and overcoming
the situation. increase the awareness among people about domestic
violence that how it effects the life of peoplr and how it affects the mental
health of people.
Research Questions:-
1) What are the relationship b/w domestic violence and mental
health?
2) Do people experience hassarment or sexual abuse due to domestic
violence?
3) In rural areas people face mental disorders, is it due to domestic
violence?
4) Can we stop the domestic violence which takes forms like
hassarment, sexual abuse, in our society,
5) Can domestic violence cause mental disorders like anxiety,
depression or attempt to suicide.
Research Methodology:
➢The data was collected from 3 in-depths interviews with university
level and intermediate level students.
➢These interviews were semi-structured via using an interview guide.
An indepth interview guide:-
➢ Initial information

➢ Establishment of Rapport

➢ Open ended and close ended questions were asked from participants>
Opening Questions:-
❖ Kindly tell what is going on in your life nowadays.
❖ Do you think that women are subordinate to men?
❖ Do you think that women have no involvent in decision-makings.
❖ Do you think that illiteracy of women is behind of all these sufferings.
❖ What differences you see in your life before and after of your marital
life.
Key;
❖ What are the reasons that you don’t have time for yourself in your
daily routine.
❖ Why you are not taking legal action against your husband.
❖ Is it only your husband from whom you received domestic violence.
Closing Questions:-
➢ What are the current affects of domestic violence on your mental
health?
➢ Do you think that your mental health could be better if you did not
faces domestic violence?
➢ Accordind to you what steps should be taken from Government to
save women from domestic violence?

➢ Do you have any message for the people who will encounter your
interview?
Interview no 1
Q no 1.Kindly tell me what is going on in your life now a days. ?
Hahah, well you must be told about the routine Life of a woman, hailing from a tribal area
of Balochistan. So, I usually begin my day from making and serving breakfast and end up
serving dinner at night. You might think that it is a very hard routine. But, for me, that is what
it is. Meanwhile,I as well am faced with a great deal of taunting and scolding if i dare to show
laziness with the ongoing routine life.

Q 2. Do you think that women are subordinate to men?

Well, i partly believe in it and partly do not. Women are subordinate to men as long as they
are not educated. Their education breaks the shakles of their subordination and submission
to man. This is evident from women participation in varied aspects of life. However, as far as
they are kept illiterate, they are subordinate and submissive to men and they do not have
any say superior to that of men in the house.

Q 3 Do you think that women are deprived of their own decisions?

Sadly the answer is yes. Women do not have any say in decision-making. They are not even
taken into confidence by men while deciding their marriage. Forced marriages and child
marriages are quite widespread in our area. Uhhhh, i must not claim the applicability of this
over all Pakistan. But it's applicability is evident in Balochistan. So, it is heartening to note
that women are deprived of their own decisions.
Closing Questions
Q1. what are the current affects of domestic violence on your mental health?
Welll! I don't feel to live in a house. I rather feel to live in a place where i am
deemed to be tortured some way or the other. I get very depressed even at
slight matters. I feel awfully unwell all the time. I feel to be burdened with a
weight all the time. Most importantly, i realise the extermination of my sweet
smile that k had when i was young.
Q2. do you feel that your mental health would be good if you did not face
domestic violence.
Hmmm! There is no denying the fact that absence of domestic violence would
have been my smile, laughter, cheerfulness, happiness, mental peace and
harmony. It would be my happy marital status, my caring and loving husband,
my sweet children. All these come when there is no domestic violence. And if
all these were there in my life, i would be far away from the curse of domestic
violence.
Interview no 2
Opening question
1 : Kindly tell me what is going on in your life nowadays?
1 : It is not some thing new (pause). I feel unwell due to different issues that
i am inn(nervous).

2 : Do you thing that women are subordinate to men?

2 : yes women have less power and authority than somebody else in group
(emotional). Due to patriarchal system all power and authority were given to
men.

3 : Do you think that women are deprived of taking their own decisions ?
3 : We, the women, are treated inhumanely in our society (sigh). We do not
have any rights - no right to think of ourselves, to take decisions, to participate
in other activities
Closing questions:
1 : What are the current affects of domestic voilence on your mantle health ?
1 : (emotionally) domestic voilence affects my health severely. It created long term
and short term illness.
2 : Do you thing that your mental health could be better if you did not faced domestic
violence?
2 : Yeah (pause) it is all due to domestic violence that my health severely affected.
3 : According to you what steps should be taken from Government to save women
from domestic violence ?
3 : Government should take some steps to save women from domestic violence. (
sigh). Government should make laws against the perpetrators, should empower
women and remove the patriarchal system.
4 : Do you have any massage for the people who will encounter your interview ?
4 : my massage is for all and specially for victim of domestic violence to raise your
voice against perpetrators. To make children aware for theirs rights, to educate them
properly.
• Interview no 3 :
• Opening question :
• 1 : Kindly tell me what is going on in your life nowadays?
• Hahaha nothing my life is boring nowadays. I am busy most of the time.
• 2 : Do you know about the domestic violence, a world societal issue. What is it
according to you?
• Absolutely agree that domestic violence a global societal issue but its causes are
different in different region because most of the time violence is related to human
temperament there are many reasons behind the domestic violence so it is in my
opinion that there could be two main factors in which domestic violence take place
the first is that violator is mentally ill. The second is that violator is a perverted
person.
• 3 : Why women are the victim mostly?
• Due to the patriarchal nature of society that’s why. Some times male also become
the victim because of cruel wife behavior.
• 4 : Do you thing that women are subordinate to men in society?
• Yes, absolutely that they are subordinate to men in society.
Closing questions:
1 : What are the current affects of domestic voilence on your mental health ?
(Emotional)It affects my mental health, sometimes I became suffer from
depression and anxiety due to this.
2 : Do you thing that your mental health could be better if you did not faced
domestic violence?
Hahahaha yes may be.
3 : According to you what steps should be taken from Government to save
people from domestic violence ?
Yes, Government should take measures against the perpetrators whether male
or female

It summaries that, according to the response of the participants "Poor Mental

Health" generated as a code which has further categories e.g Depression, and
emotional breakdown which resulted in being easily fatigued and having
erratic sleep schedules.
Hypothesis:
In this hypothesis, we explored that women experience mental health issues
due to domestic violence in homes.
It includes many factors like lack of education, patriarchial domination,rigid
societal norms and values etc contributing to serious concerns about
women's mental health due to domestic violence.
We also explored domestic violence causes main psychological diseases like,
anxiety, depression and tensions and behavioral disorders.
The hypothesis further suggests the qualitative methods, such as interviews or
focus groups can provide valuable insights into the subjective experiences.