title: Spirituality and Resilience Among Mexican American IPV Survivors.
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.
authors.affiliation: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA lilo@nmsu.edu.
authors.forename: Iván A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: de la Rosa
authors.affiliation: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Barnett-Queen
authors.affiliation: University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA.
authors.forename: Madeline
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Messick
authors.affiliation: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gurrola
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D017058:Mexican Americans; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D029181:Spirituality; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Mexican American; coping; intimate partner violence; resilience; spirituality; trauma