Religious Coping and Well-Being Among Heterosexual Male Victims of Intimate Partner Violence

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20331963
AutoresStanley Oloji Isangha (0000-0003-1177-0724, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, autor de correspondencia)
Año2024
Volumen52
Número4
Páginas439-455
Fecha de publicación2024-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Psychology and Theology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0091-6471 • E-ISSN: 2328-1162
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00916471241238205
OpenAlexW4392922037
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas59

This study examined the use of religious coping among male victims of intimate partner violence. It was aided by the definition from the RCOPE that Pargament et al. developed and validated. The data were collected through semi-structured, formal interviews with 35 Nigerian male victims. The data were analyzed using content analysis within the framework of category development in the grounded theory method. Different types of religious coping were revealed, while their impact on well-being was examined. Most of the victims used positive religious coping such as pleading for direct intercession and religious reappraisal. This brought some peace and happiness to the victims. Their negative religious coping techniques were used only when positive coping techniques did not achieve their desired outcomes. This made victims sad and dispirited. The study provides suggestions for professionals on how religious coping can be used to best serve male victims

Coping (psychology) · Criminology · Dating violence · Developmental psychology · Domestic violence · Medical emergency · Poison control · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology