TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Hardiness, history of abuse and women's health
JO  - Journal of health psychology
A1  - Heckman, Carolyn J.
A1  - Clay, Daniel L.
SP  - 767
EP  - 777
VL  - 10
IS  - 6
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1359-1053
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105305057312
ID  - ref1
ER  -