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Abuse in Childhood and Religious/Spiritual Status in Adulthood Among Internal Medicine Outpatients.
- Source :
- Journal of Religion & Health; Dec2013, Vol. 52 Issue 4, p1085-1092, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00224197
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Religion & Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 90574497
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-012-9582-0