title: Sexual trauma, spirituality, and psychopathology.
abstract: This study assessed the association between spirituality and psychopathology in a group of sexual abuse victims and controls with a focus on whether spirituality moderated the association between sexual trauma and psychopathology. Seventy-one sexual trauma victims were compared to 25 control subjects on spiritual well-being, the Eating Disorder Examination, the PTSD Symptom Scale, and the SCID-I/P. The data showed that the two groups did not differ in terms of spiritual well-being. Sexual trauma status was associated with most of the psychopathology outcomes, but its impact on psychopathology was largely unmoderated by spirituality. Among sexual trauma victims, the level of spiritual well-being did not alter the probability of current psychopathology. However, increased spiritual well-being was generally associated with lower psychopathology for the entire sample.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Concordia College, 901 8th. St. South, Moorhead, MN 54542, USA. krejci@cord.edu
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Krejci
authors.forename: Kevin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Simonich
authors.forename: Ross D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Crosby
authors.forename: Mary Ann
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Donaldson
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Wonderlich
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Mitchelle
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001828:Body Image; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D012307:Risk Factors; D029181:Spirituality; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires