Violence Against Women with Mental Illness and Social Norms and Beliefs: Nursing Professional Perspective
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Violence Against Women with Mental Illness and Social Norms and Beliefs: Nursing Professional Perspective Poreddi Vijayalakshmi1 · Sailaxmi Gandhi2 · Somagattu Sai Nikhil Reddy3 · Marimuthu Palaniappan4 · Suresh Badamath5 Received: 1 November 2019 / Accepted: 13 May 2020 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Violence against women is a priority public health issue globally and women with mental illness are at double disadvantage. While social norms and beliefs play a critical role in influencing violence among women, limited or no research is available from India. To explore nurses and nursing students’ views on social norms and beliefs that support Violence against women with mental illness. A descriptive cross-sectional survey was carried out among randomly selected registered nurses and nursing students (N = 209) using self-reported questionnaires. Majority of the participants confronted norms (76.7%) and situations that justify (67.7%) abuse among women with mental illness. Nurses reported more negative attitudes than nursing students with regard to norms and beliefs (t = − 2.714, p
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