South Asian Young Adults and Gender Roles: Expectations, Expressions, and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention

The goals of the researchers who conducted this study were to explore South Asian young adults’ ( N = 30) perceptions of gender roles and intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention in South Asian communities in the United States. Three distinct themes (a) gender role socialization and expectations, (b) gender role expression/negotiation within own intimate relationship, family, and own community, and (c) IPV prevention were identified. Important implications include how socialization and acculturation processes, immigration, and other factors influence South Asian young adults’ perceptions of IPV in the community.