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Race/Ethnicity, Religious Involvement, and Domestic Violence
Violence Against Women (2007)
  • Kristin L. Anderson, Western Washington University
  • Christopher G. Ellison
  • Jenny A. Trinitapoli
  • Byron R. Johnson
Abstract
The authors explored the relationship between religious involvement and intimate partner violence by analyzing data from the first wave of the National Survey of Families and Households. They found that: (a) religious involvement is correlated with reduced levels of domestic violence; (b) levels of domestic violence vary by race/ethnicity; (c) the effects of religious involvement on domestic violence vary by race/ethnicity; and (d) religious involvement, specifically church attendance, protects against domestic violence, and this protective effect is stronger for African American men and women and for Hispanic men, groups that, for a variety of reasons, experience elevated risk for this type of violence.
Keywords
  • Domestic violence,
  • Religion
Publication Date
November, 2007
Publisher Statement
Sage Publications, Inc. DOI: 10.1177/1077801207308259
Citation Information
Kristin L. Anderson, Christopher G. Ellison, Jenny A. Trinitapoli and Byron R. Johnson. "Race/Ethnicity, Religious Involvement, and Domestic Violence" Violence Against Women Vol. 13 Iss. 11 (2007)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kristin_anderson/9/