Assessment of the Role of Religious Tendency in Domestic Violence

The present study assessed relationships between religiosity and the perpetration of violence by husbands and wives toward one another in an Iranian context. 180 Iranian couples living in Iran were administered the Islamic Religious Tendency and Domestic Violence questionnaires. Patterns of relation...

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Published in:Psychological reports 2009-12, Vol.105 (3), p.675-684
Main Authors: Pournaghash-Tehrani, Said, Ehsan, Hadi Bahrami, Gholami, Somaye
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Female
Humans
Iran
Islam
Male
Personality Inventory - statistics & numerical data
Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data
Religion and Psychology
Reproducibility of Results
Spouse Abuse - psychology
Urban Population
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Summary:The present study assessed relationships between religiosity and the perpetration of violence by husbands and wives toward one another in an Iranian context. 180 Iranian couples living in Iran were administered the Islamic Religious Tendency and Domestic Violence questionnaires. Patterns of relationship between aspects of religious tendency and expressed violence were similar in men and women. There was a negative correlation between Religiosity, Religious Valuation, and self-reported Domestic Violence of husbands and wives. Religious Disorganization was positively correlated with expressed Domestic Violence of husbands and wives. Finally, the results of a regression analysis revealed that only Religiosity and Religious Disorganization predicted self-reported Domestic Violence of husbands and wives.
ISSN:0033-2941
1558-691X
DOI:10.2466/PR0.105.3.675-684