TY - JOUR
T1 - The Role of Religious Involvement in the Relationship Between Early Trauma and Health Outcomes Among Adult Survivors
AU - Reinert, Katia G.
AU - Campbell, Jacquelyn C.
AU - Bandeen-Roche, Karen
AU - Lee, Jerry W.
AU - Szanton, Sarah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, The Author(s).
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - The purpose of this study was to determine the role of religious involvement and related indicators - religious coping, intrinsic religiosity, forgiveness and gratitude - in reducing the negative impact of early traumatic stress on the mental and physical health of adult survivors. Multiple linear regressions were used to analyze self-reported data of 10,283 Seventh-day Adventist men and women across North America. The study also included an original analysis on a subsample (n = 496) of the larger group, examining diabetes risk factors in conjunction with Adverse Childhood Events (ACE) data. Higher early trauma scores were associated with decreased mental health (B = −1.93 p .0001) and physical health (B = −1.53, p .0001). The negative effect of early trauma on mental health was reduced by intrinsic religiosity (B =.52, p =.011), positive religious coping (B =.61, p =.025), forgiveness (B =.32 p =.025), and gratitude (B =.87 p =.001). Adult survivors of early trauma experienced worse mental and physical health; however, forgiveness, gratitude, positive religious coping, and intrinsic religiosity were protective against poor mental health. The findings support a holistic perspective in the care of childhood trauma survivors.
AB - The purpose of this study was to determine the role of religious involvement and related indicators - religious coping, intrinsic religiosity, forgiveness and gratitude - in reducing the negative impact of early traumatic stress on the mental and physical health of adult survivors. Multiple linear regressions were used to analyze self-reported data of 10,283 Seventh-day Adventist men and women across North America. The study also included an original analysis on a subsample (n = 496) of the larger group, examining diabetes risk factors in conjunction with Adverse Childhood Events (ACE) data. Higher early trauma scores were associated with decreased mental health (B = −1.93 p .0001) and physical health (B = −1.53, p .0001). The negative effect of early trauma on mental health was reduced by intrinsic religiosity (B =.52, p =.011), positive religious coping (B =.61, p =.025), forgiveness (B =.32 p =.025), and gratitude (B =.87 p =.001). Adult survivors of early trauma experienced worse mental and physical health; however, forgiveness, gratitude, positive religious coping, and intrinsic religiosity were protective against poor mental health. The findings support a holistic perspective in the care of childhood trauma survivors.
KW - Abuse
KW - Child abuse
KW - Family violence
KW - Forgiveness
KW - Gratitude
KW - Religious coping
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U2 - 10.1007/s40653-015-0067-7
DO - 10.1007/s40653-015-0067-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 27547290
AN - SCOPUS:84982921319
SN - 1936-1521
VL - 9
SP - 231
EP - 241
JO - Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma
JF - Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma
IS - 3
ER -