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Citation |
Sansone RA, Kelley AR, Forbis JS. J. Relig. Health 2013; 52(4): 1085-1092. |
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Affiliation |
Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, USA, Randy.sansone@khnetwork.org. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2013, Academy of Religion and Mental Health, Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group) |
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22395752 |
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Abstract |
The relationship between abuse in childhood and religiosity/spirituality status in adulthood has been previously studied, but not in a medical sample or with the current study measure. Using a cross-sectional consecutive sample of 317 internal medicine outpatients, we asked participants, "As a child, were you the victim of either physical or sexual abuse?," and assessed religiosity/spirituality status with the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being Scale (FACIT-Sp-12). We found that among the cohort with abuse in childhood, seven of twelve scales as well as the overall FACIT-Sp-12 score demonstrated statistically significant differences, with abused participants consistently evidencing lower religiosity/spirituality scores. Language: en |