ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2822-7659

Keywords

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Muslim Communities in the United States, Cultural Competence, Psychoeducation

Subject Categories

Counseling Psychology | Counselor Education | Social Work

Abstract

This study is a two-part manuscript dissertation that addresses the need for culturally and faith-based responsive interventions for intimate partner violence (IPV) within the Muslim community in the United States (U.S). The first manuscript is a conceptual and literature-based paper that examines IPV within the Muslim community in the U.S. and explores the intersection of religion, culture, patriarchy, and systemic barriers influencing survivors’ help-seeking experiences. Particular attention is given to issues of accessibility, including the limited availability of culturally and religiously responsive IPV services for Muslim survivors. This manuscript argues for the development of culturally responsive, faith-integrated approaches that improve accessibility and increase trust between Muslim communities and helping professionals. The second manuscript presents the development and pilot evaluation of the Amanah Project, a culturally grounded and faith-based asynchronous training intervention for Muslim women grounded in Relational-Cultural Theory (RCT). The intervention was designed to increase IPV-related knowledge, reduce stigma toward survivors, and improve participants’ willingness to intervene in situations involving abuse. Using a quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design, 100 participants completed assessments before and after the intervention. A repeated-measures MANOVA was conducted to evaluate changes across the dependent variables from pre- to post-intervention. Results indicated a statistically significant multivariate effect of time, with findings demonstrating that participation in the Amanah Project was associated with increased IPV-related knowledge, decreased stigma toward survivors, and improved willingness to intervene. The large effect size, indicated by a partial eta squared value of η²p = .912, suggests the intervention was effective. Implications, limitations, interpretation of findings, and future research directions are discussed.

Completion Date

2026

Semester

Summer

Committee Chair

Barden Sejal

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

College

College of Community Innovation and Education

Department

Counselor Education

Format

PDF

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

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