: Surviving the Storm: The Role of Social Support and Religious Coping in Sexual Assault Recovery of African American Women
Title:      Surviving the Storm: The Role of Social Support and Religious Coping in Sexual Assault Recovery of African American Women
Authors:      Thema Bryant-Davis, Sarah E. Ullman, Yuying Tsong and Robyn Gobin
ISBN-10(13):      ODVN
Publisher:      Violence Against Women Journal, Vol. 17, No.12, December 2011
Publication date:      December 2011
Language:      English
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Description:      African American women are at high risk for sexual assault.  In addition, many African American women endorse the use of social support and religiosity to cope with trauma.  The current study investigates the relationship between these two coping strategies and posttrauma symptoms in a sample of 413 African American female sexual assault survivors using confirmatory factor analusis and structural equation modeling.  Findingd indicated that survivors with greater social support were less likely to endorse the symptoms of depression and PTSD.  Conversely, increased use of religious coping was related to greater endorsement of depression and PTSD symptoms.  Counseling and research implications are explored.