Citation

Bryant-Davis T, Ullman SE, Tsong Y, Gobin RL. Violence Against Women 2011; 17(12): 1601-1618.

Affiliation

Pepperdine University, Encino, CA, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801211436138

PMID

22410773

Abstract

African American women are at high risk for sexual assault. In addition, many African American women endorse the use of social support and religiosity to cope with trauma. The current study investigates the relationship between these two coping strategies and posttrauma symptoms in a sample of 413 African American female sexual assault survivors using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. Findings indicated that survivors with greater social support were less likely to endorse the symptoms of depression and PTSD. Conversely, increased use of religious coping was related to greater endorsement of depression and PTSD symptoms. Counseling and research implications are explored.

Language: en