title: The effectiveness of a trauma focused spiritually integrated intervention for veterans exposed to trauma.
abstract: Building Spiritual Strength (BSS) is an 8-session, spiritually integrated group intervention designed to address religious strain and enhance religious meaning making for military trauma survivors. It is based upon empirical research on the relationship between spirituality and adjustment to trauma. To assess the intervention's effectiveness, veterans with histories of trauma who volunteered for the study were randomly assigned to a BSS group (n = 26) or a wait-list control group (n = 28). BSS participants showed statistically significant reductions in PTSD symptoms based on self-report measures as compared with those in a wait-list control condition. Further research on spiritually integrated interventions for trauma survivors is warranted.
authors.affiliation: VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA. jeanette.harris2@med.va.gov
authors.forename: J Irene
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Erbes
authors.forename: Brian E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Engdahl
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thuras
authors.forename: Nichole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Murray-Swank
authors.forename: Dixie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grace
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogden
authors.forename: Raymond H A
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: Ann Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Winskowski
authors.forename: Russ
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bacon
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Malec
authors.forename: Kelsey
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Campion
authors.forename: TuVan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Le
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods; D029181:Spirituality; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*