Sacred Silence: Religion and Intimate Partner Violence

Authors

Miranda Ibarra, St. Mary's University

Files

Publication Date

Summer 2025

Digital Publisher

Digital Commons at St. Mary's University

Collection

McNair Scholars Symposium

Keywords

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Victim-Perpetration Dynamics, Religion, Spirituality, Cultural Influences

Description

This study investigates the Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) within the St. Mary’s University community. A survey distributed via institutional email collected responses addressing both direct and indirect experiences related to IPV. The analysis explores associations between religiosity, permissive IPV attitudes, and belief in divine control; results indicate no statistically significant relationship. Additionally, the study examined the connections between religiosity, IPV victimization, and frequency of perpetrated abuse, finding no significant associations with religiosity but a significant association between victimization and perpetration frequency. Limitations include the use of a convenience sample, restricted generalizability, and potential self-report bias, which may affect the reliability of the data.

Disciplines

Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence | Gender and Sexuality | Religion | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion | Social Psychology | Sociology of Religion

Format

MOV

Medium

Video

Size or Duration

9 minutes 14 seconds

City

San Antonio, Texas

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.