ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Psychological Adjustment and Divine Spiritual Struggles Among Adolescents with a History of Sexual Abuse
- Ernest Jouriles
Southern Methodist University - Caitlin Rancher
Southern Methodist University - Annette Mahoney
Bowling Green State University - Colton Kurth
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center - Katrina Cook
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center - Renee McDonald
Southern Methodist University
Abstract
In two studies, greater divine spiritual struggles—questions, doubts, and distress about one’s relationship to God or a higher power—were associated with greater psychological adjustment problems among adolescents who had been sexually abused. This result emerged when controlling for other correlates of adolescent psychological adjustment following sexual abuse.
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