@article{ref1,
title="Abuse in Childhood and Religious/Spiritual Status in Adulthood Among Internal Medicine Outpatients",
journal="Journal of religion and health",
year="2013",
author="Sansone, Randy A. and Kelley, Amy R. and Forbis, Jeremy S.",
volume="52",
number="4",
pages="1085-1092",
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, &quot;As a child, were you the victim of either physical or sexual abuse?,&quot; 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-4197",
doi="10.1007/s10943-012-9582-0",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-012-9582-0"
}