Citation

Brutz JL, Allen CM. J. Marriage Fam. 1986; 48(3): 491-502.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1986, National Council on Family Relations, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

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Abstract

Previous research using affiliation as a measure of religious influence suggests a lack of relationship between religion and marital violence. However, religious commitment, another measure of religious influence, is found in the present study of 290 Quaker spouses to differentiate levels of both communication and physical violence for both wives and husbands. High levels of peace activism are associated with low levels of marital violence for wives but with high levels for husbands, which suggests that commitment to Quaker principles is confounded with traditional norms of nonaggressiveness for Quaker wives and male aggressiveness for Quaker husbands. These findings suggest that (a) commitment, not affiliation, is the more appropriate indicator of religious influence and (b) there are important gender-related differences in the meanings attached to religious experience and violence. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1986. Copyright © 1986 by the National Council on Family Relations)

Religious Beliefs
Religion
Religious Factors
Partner Violence
Violence Against Women
Activist Movement
Domestic Violence Causes
Domestic Violence Offender
Physical Aggression
Aggression Causes
Adult Aggression
Adult Female
Adult Male
Adult Offender
Adult Violence
Female Aggression
Female Offender
Female Violence
Male Aggression
Male Offender
Male Violence
Gender Differences
Spouse Abuse Offender
Spouse Abuse Causes
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