@article{ref1,
title="Associations between trauma exposure, religious coping, and psychiatric distress in a community sample in Nairobi, Kenya",
journal="Journal of prevention and intervention in the community",
year="2017",
author="Shin, Hana J. and Mwiti, Gladys and Tomosada, Melinda and Eriksson, Cynthia B.",
volume="45",
number="4",
pages="250-260",
abstract="Adults (N = 703) in Nairobi, Kenya completed a screening survey in the aftermath of the postelection violence (PEV) of 2008. This study examined associations between exposure to PEV, prior trauma exposure, religious coping, and psychiatric distress. <br><br>RESULTS indicated a dose-response effect of the amount of PEV and prior trauma exposure on the severity of concurrent symptoms of psychiatric distress. Over 90% of the sample reported a religious affiliation, and the majority of participants also reported frequent use of religious coping strategies. However, there was no significant effect for the use of turning to religion as a form of coping on psychiatric distress. Study results aligned with existing research on the dose-response, cumulative effect of frequent exposure to trauma. Further research can investigate the nuanced ways that community members use their religion to cope.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1085-2352",
doi="10.1080/10852352.2016.1197753",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2016.1197753"
}