Citation

de la Rosa IA, Barnett-Queen T, Messick M, Gurrola M. J. Interpers. Violence 2016; 31(20): 3332-3351.

Affiliation

New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260515584351

PMID

25948642

Abstract

Women with abusive partners use a variety of coping strategies. This study examined the correlation between spirituality, resilience, and intimate partner violence using a cross-sectional survey of 54 Mexican American women living along the U.S.-Mexico border. The meaning-making coping model provides the conceptual framework to explore how spirituality is used as a copying strategy. Multiple ordinary least squares (OLS) regression results indicate women who score higher on spirituality also report greater resilient characteristics. Poisson regression analyses revealed that an increase in level of spirituality is associated with lower number of types of abuse experienced. Clinical, programmatic, and research implications are discussed.

Language: en