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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Caregiver and Divine Support: Associations with Resilience Among Adolescents Following Disclosure of Sexual Abuse

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Clinical Science

  • Jeanine Campbell
    Southern Methodist University
  • Tricia Gower
    Southern Methodist University
  • Caitlin Rancher
    Southern Methodist University
  • Annette Mahoney
    Bowling Green State University
  • Mindy Jackson
    Dallas Children's Advocacy Center
  • Renee McDonald
    Southern Methodist University
  • Ernest Jouriles
    Southern Methodist University

Abstract

Although sexual abuse puts adolescents at risk for a range of adjustment difficulties, some adolescents demonstrate resilience following the abuse. In this study, adolescents’ reports of both caregiver and divine support were each uniquely associated with resilience among adolescents who have disclosed sexual abuse.

Risk/Resilience