"I Will Stay with Him through Thick and Thin": Factors Influencing the Incidence and Persistence of Intimate Partner Violence against Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan. Issue 2 (3rd April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Daoud, Nour
• Is Part Of: Journal of immigrant & refugee studies. Volume 19:Issue 2(2021)
• Page Start: 170
• Page End: 183
• Publication Date: 2021-04-03
• Subjects: Gender-based violence -- Jordan -- Middle East -- refugee camps -- Syrian crisis; Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Refugees -- United States -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Social work with immigrants -- United States -- Periodicals; 362.8753097305
• DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2020.1754993
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1556-2948

Abstract

Abstract: This qualitative study examines factors that trigger and perpetuate intimate partner violence (IPV) against Syrian refugee women in Jordan. Interviews (n = 36) were conducted with service providers and Syrian refugee women who are/were in intimate partner violent relationships in Jordan. This study employed the nested ecological model as a conceptual framework. Findings revealed interconnected factors that play a role in fueling IPV: the disruption of cultural codes; the explosion of illegal marriages; the trauma resulting from conflict, flight, and refuge; and Syrian women's reluctance to report to service providers as well as their reliance on romantic love in times of crisis.