@article{ref1,
title="Hardiness, history of abuse and women's health",
journal="Journal of health psychology",
year="2005",
author="Heckman, Carolyn J. and Clay, Daniel L.",
volume="10",
number="6",
pages="767-777",
abstract="This study examined hardiness and health in women with and without histories of physical and/or sexual abuse. Patients (N=201) from a major Midwestern hospital gynecology clinic completed measures of hardiness, physical health, psychological health and neuroticism. The following findings were obtained: (a) the proposed three-factor structure of hardiness was not confirmed, and a different model was suggested; (b) evidence for convergent (adjustment and neuroticism) validity was found; (c) hardiness was significantly associated with physical and psychological health; (d) hardiness was not found to moderate the effects of an abusive past; and (e) the constructs of neuroticism and hardiness appear to overlap to a certain extent. Implications of these findings for theory, research and practice are discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1359-1053",
doi="10.1177/1359105305057312",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105305057312"
}