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The following are excerpts from Professor Martin Fiebert's annotated bibliography of domestic violence, which used to be at http://www.csulb.edu/~mfiebert/assault.htm, accessed on 18 October 2019:

 

Kumar, A. (2012). Domestic violence against men in India: A Perspective. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 22, 290-296. (References an earlier study <see Sakar et al, 2008> which reported that 25.1% of violence experienced by Indian men is physical. Examines men as victims of violence as a function of changing gender roles and power relationships in India.)

Leung, P. & Cheung, M. (2008). A prevalence study on partner abuse in six Asian American ethnic groups in the USA. International Social Work, 51, 635-649. (A large sample of Asian Americans were surveyed with the original CTS in the greater Houston area of Texas. Sample consisted of 1577 respondents: 610 Chinese, 517 Vietnamese, 154 Indians, 123 Koreans, 101 Filipinos and 72 Japanese. In terms of partner abuse high rates were reported for Vietnamese (22.4%) and Filipinos (21.8%) and low rates for Japanese and Chinese (9.7%). Overall women were more abusive than men (17.6% vs 15.3%).)

Sarlar. S., Dsouza, R., Dasgupta, A., & Fiebert, M.S. (2008, April). Men as victims of domestic violence in India. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA. (A convenience sample of married, middle class, men from all parts of India responded to modified version of the CTS. Findings reveal that 25.1% of subjects reported at least one incident, within the past year, of physical violence from their wives.

Swaroop, S., & Dsouza, R. (September, 2007). Violence a home truth for India husbands. http://mynation.net/study-report-indianhusbands.htm (A sample of 1650 Indian husbands between the ages of 15 and 49 were interviewed regarding their experience with domestic violence. Authors report that 25.2% of men report being victims of physical violence.)

 

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