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  • Sociology of Religion
  • Criminology
  • Family Studies

Background:

  • Research increasingly links religion with intimate partner violence (IPV).
  • Most studies focus on IPV perpetration, not victimization.
  • Limited research explores how religious factors influence IPV victimization risk.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Examine the relationship between multiple religious domains and IPV victimization risk.
  • Investigate the role of religious attendance, similarity, and affiliation.
  • Contribute to understanding religion's complex role in IPV.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Well-being project (five waves).
  • Nationwide sample of urban, minority, lower-income unmarried couples.
  • Discrete-time event history analysis using complementary log-log regression.

Main Results:

  • Higher partner religious attendance frequency inversely associated with IPV victimization risk for mothers and fathers.
  • Couples' religious attendance similarity linked to lower IPV victimization risk for mothers, but not fathers.
  • Conservative Protestant or sectarian religious affiliation associated with elevated IPV victimization risk.

Conclusions:

  • Religious attendance may act as a protective factor against IPV victimization.
  • Certain religious affiliations may increase vulnerability to IPV.
  • Religious factors significantly influence IPV victimization risk, independent of relationship quality and demographics.