APS

2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025

Remapping Domestic Violence in Indian Women: Insights from Complex Trauma Theory

Washington, DC · May 2025

Poster · Social

  • Maitrayee Sen
    Ashoka University
  • Simantini Ghosh
    Ashoka University

Abstract

We qualitatively investigate the applicability of complex trauma theory to study psychological and somatic effects of systemic violence in 40 Indian adult women through online interviews. Findings support our hypothesis that both natal and marital violence affect women, with their psychological and somatic symptoms aligning with complex trauma theory.

Gender

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