APS
2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
Spirituality, Self-Blame, and Trauma Symptoms Among Youth Awaiting Treatment after Sexual Abuse
- Melissa Sitton
Southern Methodist University - Caitlin Rancher
Medical University of South Carolina - Jeanine Johnson
Wayne State University - Madeline Reedy
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center - Annette Mahoney
Bowling Green State University - Renee McDonald
Southern Methodist University - Ernest Jouriles
Southern Methodist University
Abstract
Youth who experience sexual abuse may spend considerable time waiting for treatment. The current study examined youth spiritual struggles (struggling with their relationship with the divine), spiritual support, and self-blame for the abuse as triage factors. Spiritual struggles and self-blame predicted subsequent trauma symptoms for youth while awaiting treatment.
Childhood Adversity
