Krejci, Mark J. Thompson, Kevin M. Simonich, Heather Crosby, Ross D. Donaldson, Mary Ann Wonderlich, Stephen A. Mitchell, James E.
Appeared in:
Journal of child sexual abuse
Paging:
Volume 13 (2004) nr. 2 pages 85-103
Year:
2004-09-29
Contents:
This study assessed the association between spirituality and psychopathology in a group of sexual abuse victims and controls with a focus on whether spirituality moderated the association between sexual trauma and psychopathology. Seventy-one sexual trauma victims were compared to 25 control subjects on spiritual well-being, the Eating Disorder Examination, the PTSD Symptom Scale, and the SCID-I/P. The data showed that the two groups did not differ in terms of spiritual well-being. Sexual trauma status was associated with most of the psychopathology outcomes, but its impact on psychopathology was largely unmoderated by spirituality. Among sexual trauma victims, the level of spiritual well-being did not alter the probability of current psychopathology. However, increased spiritual well-being was generally associated with lower psychopathology for the entire sample.