This article explores how six Pakistani Muslim women interpret cultural concepts of izzat
(honor and self-respect); what role, if any, it has in their lives; and whether there is interplay
between upholding izzat and the participants' help-seeking strategies for mental health and
well-being. Semistructured interviews were conducted and analyzed with an interpretative
phenomenological analytic framework. Three themes were identified:(a)“the rules of
izzat,”(b)“negotiating tensions,” and (c)“speaking out/breaking the 'rules.'” Findings …

… This article explores how six Pakistani Muslim women interpret cultural concepts of izzat (honour
and self-respect), what role, if any, it has in their lives and whether there is interplay between
upholding izzat and the participants' help-seeking strategies for mental health and well-being.
Semi-structured interviews were … of upholding izzat on the psychological health of young
British Muslim women, the main aims of this paper were to explore the meaning the research
participants ascribed to the concept of izzat; how this impacted on their experience of …