Spirituality and well-being: The relationship between religious coping and recovery from sexual assault

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1242-1263

  Ahrens, Courtney E ^a   Abeling, Samantha ^a   Ahmad, Sarah ^b   Hinman, Jessica ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic differences; Posttraumatic growth; Religious coping; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIFORNIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952939917     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260509340533     Document Type: Article

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