Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of self-compassion and religiosity in marital quality among married Pakistani Muslims in abusive or violent relationships. The study aimed at exploring religion and self-kindness as protective factors that could save and strengthen marital relationships despite family violence. Four standardized scales, Family Violence Scale, Self-Compassion Questionnaire, Centrality of Religiosity Questionnaire and Marital Quality Questionnaire were used for data collection from married Muslims of Punjab (N = 600). Analysis was carried out with PROCESS macro for SPSS which revealed that religiosity moderated between family violence and marital quality and buffered its negative effects. Furthermore, self-compassion mediated family violence and marital quality influencing its quality. These findings would benefit researchers, and other practitioners who work with married adults helping them work out their abusive differences improving marital quality of life.
Highlights
All around the world, marital relationships are fundamental and basic intimate bonds between two people
Numerous studies have examined the importance of religiosity (Aman et al 2019) and self-compassion (Janjani et al 2017), and its impact on marital relationships; there are limited studies carried out in Pakistan to understand the role of healing factors in marital quality (Hood et al 2018); when family violence ensues
The findings revealed that religiosity (B = 1.02, p < 0.001) is positively associated with marital quality while interaction effect of family violence and religiosity (B = 0.01, p < 0.001) has significant buffering effect on marital quality
Summary
Marital relationships are fundamental and basic intimate bonds between two people. Beginning with the second half of the twentieth century, studies on marriage focused on understanding the dynamics of marital functioning that included satisfaction, violence and health hazards in relationships (Carvalho-Barret et al 2009). Family violence has become a serious concern for women and their health and their family’s health. Cost of family violence includes physical and psychological health, relationship integrity, and quality of life, and since this matter in developing countries is culturally sensitive and private, researchers reluctantly and rarely probe or address it, e.g., in Pakistan, people are likely to maintain their positive image, and express socially desirable responses about their lives and families (Henning et al 2005), 22% of women face physical abuse, 27% sexual violence, and 60%
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