Potter Hillary
University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.
Violence Against Women. 2007 Mar;13(3):262-84. doi: 10.1177/1077801206297438.
Though there is substantial rationale to consider any association between spirituality and religion and intimate partner violence, research in this area is particularly lacking. African Americans are known to utilize religion and spirituality at significant rates to deal with adversity. Accordingly, any investigation of Black women's methods of contending with abusive relationships would be deficient if it did not include an examination of the women's use of ecclesiastical resources. Using 40 semistructured in-depth interviews with battered Black women, this article explores the participants' successes and discontent with religion and spirituality to escape abuse.
尽管有充分的理由去考虑灵性与宗教和亲密伴侣暴力之间的任何关联，但该领域的研究尤其匮乏。众所周知，非裔美国人大量利用宗教和灵性来应对逆境。因此，如果对黑人女性应对虐待关系的方式进行的任何调查不包括对女性使用教会资源的考察，那将是不完整的。本文通过对40名受虐黑人女性进行半结构化深度访谈，探讨了参与者在借助宗教和灵性摆脱虐待方面的成功与不满。
