Istratii, R. orcid.org/0000-0001-8083-634X and Ali, P. orcid.org/0000-0002-7839-8130 (2023) A scoping review on the role of religion in the experience of IPV and faith-based responses in community and counseling settings. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 51 (2). pp. 141-173. ISSN 0091-6471
Abstract
Research on religion and intimate partner violence does not appear to have integrated well the current evidence on religion/spirituality, marital functioning, and mental health and lacks a cross-sectoral perspective that bridges psychology, public health, international development, anthropology, and sociology. A better integration could reveal how religious experience could be leveraged resourcefully in developing faith-based interventions engaging religious leaders and when counseling victims/survivors and perpetrators in religious contexts. The current scoping review explored (a) the influence of religious experience on the rationalizations, behaviors and mental state of victims/survivors and perpetrators, and (b) the approaches and effectiveness of faith-based interventions to respond to domestic violence engaging religious leaders, communities, and psychologists. In pursuing these questions, we aimed to overcome the dominance of Western definitions of intimate partner violence and religion by combining evidence from sectors that are more international-looking and studies from low-and middle-income societies that historically received less attention. The review suggests the need to move toward more diversified and holistic understandings of religion and more context-specific approaches to designing faith-based interventions and counseling responses that are theologically grounded and trauma-informed and embedded in the sociological realities of the individuals and communities they seek to support.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 Author(s). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is properly attributed. |
Keywords: | intimate partner violence; religion; faith-based interventions; religious counseling; cross-sectoral perspectives; cultural sensitivity |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > Health Sciences School (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION MR/T043350/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jan 2024 16:34 |
Last Modified: | 24 Jan 2024 16:34 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/00916471221143440 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:207966 |