Abuse in Childhood and Religious/Spiritual Status in Adulthood Among Internal Medicine Outpatients

The relationship between abuse in childhood and religiosity/spirituality status in adulthood has been previously studied, but not in a medical sample or with the current study measure. Using a cross-sectional consecutive sample of 317 internal medicine outpatients, we asked participants, "As a...

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VerfasserInnen: Sansone, Randy A. 1953- (Verfasst von) ; Forbis, Jeremy S. (Verfasst von) ; Kelley, Amy R. (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: [2013]
In: Journal of religion and health
Jahr: 2013, Band: 52, Heft: 4, Seiten: 1085-1092
weitere Schlagwörter:B Spirituality
B Childhood Abuse
B Abuse in childhood
B Religiosity
B FACIT-Sp-12
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Zusammenfassung:The relationship between abuse in childhood and religiosity/spirituality status in adulthood has been previously studied, but not in a medical sample or with the current study measure. Using a cross-sectional consecutive sample of 317 internal medicine outpatients, we asked participants, "As a child, were you the victim of either physical or sexual abuse?," and assessed religiosity/spirituality status with the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being Scale (FACIT-Sp-12). We found that among the cohort with abuse in childhood, seven of twelve scales as well as the overall FACIT-Sp-12 score demonstrated statistically significant differences, with abused participants consistently evidencing lower religiosity/spirituality scores.
ISSN:1573-6571
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-012-9582-0