Trauma Psychologique Religieux

Spirituality, self-blame, and trauma symptoms among adolescents waiting for treatment after disclosing sexual abuse.

Jouriles EN, Sitton MJ, Rancher C, Johnson J, Reedy M, Mahoney A, McDonald R

Child Abuse Negl . 2025;160 :107214

📅 01/02/2025 PMID : 39778415 DOI : 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107214

Résumé

BACKGROUND: Adolescents who have been sexually abused commonly experience trauma symptoms, and many spend considerable time waiting for treatment.OBJECTIVE: This study examines the extent to which adolescent perceptions of divine spiritual support, divine spiritual struggles, and self-blame collected during a screening assessment predict trauma symptoms at the beginning of treatment.PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Participants were 224 adolescents (92.9 % female, Mean age = 13.46 years; 53.6 % identified as Hispanic/Latino/a and 24.1 % Black/African American). All obtained services at a Children's Advocacy Center in the southern United States.METHODS: Adolescents reported on trauma symptoms, divine spiritual support, divine spiritual struggles, and self-blame appraisals at a screening assessment (T1). Trauma symptoms were also reported a second time when beginning treatment (T2).RESULTS: The mean level of trauma symptoms declined over time for the total sample, t(223) = 9.37, p