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Religious Commitment’s Moderating Effect on Refugee Trauma and Growth

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: The authors assessed religious commitment’s moderating effect on the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and posttraumatic growth (PTG) in adult Liberian refugees who experienced trauma from war (N = 444). Results indicated that religious commitment predicted PTG and had an interaction effect on the relationship between trauma and PTG, albeit a negative one. Counselors should therefore gauge clients’ worldviews in terms of religion or spirituality before integrating spiritual or religious issues in therapy.

Source: Counseling and Values

DOI: 10.1002/cvj.12073

Authors: Hannah E. Acquaye, Stephen A. Sivo, K. Dayle Jones

Institutions: University of Central Florida, Western Seminary

Language: English

Topic: Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2797045863

FWCI: 1.683

Cites: 75

Cited by: 24

Related to: 10