title: Race/ethnicity, religious involvement, and domestic violence.
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.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Ellison
authors.forename: Jenny A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Trinitapoli
authors.forename: Kristin L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Byron R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000208:ethnology*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology*