Citation

Adofoli G, Ullman SE. Fem. Criminol. 2014; 9(3): 208-223.

Affiliation

University of Illinois at Chicago.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1557085114531319

PMID

25530738

Abstract

This exploratory study examined the relationships between religious factors, trauma histories and life satisfaction to alcohol-related outcomes in adult sexual assault survivors. A mail survey was administered to a community sample of African American survivors (N = 836) in the Chicago metropolitan area. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that for non-religious women, interpersonal trauma was related to greater frequency of heavy drinking. For moderately religious women, interpersonal and contextual traumas were related to more frequent heavy drinking. For highly religious women, religious coping was related to less frequent heavy drinking. Implications are drawn for research and treatment of female survivors.

Language: en