Evaluation of a spiritually focused intervention with older trauma survivors

Social Work (United States)

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-82

  Bowland, Sharon ^a   Edmond, Tonya ^b   Fallot, Roger D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c Substance Abuse Treatment   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpersonal trauma; Intervention; Older women; Spirituality; Trauma symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPE; RELIGION; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; RAPE; SPIRITUALITY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84866926413     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/swr001     Document Type: Article

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