Journal article
Positive and Negative Religious/Spiritual Coping and Combat Exposure as Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress and Perceived Growth in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans
Psychology of religion and spirituality, v 9(1), pp 13-20
01 Feb 2017
PMID: 28217246
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Abstract
We examined religious/spiritual (RS) coping from the Survey of Experiences of Returning Veterans (SERV) Study, 630 participants who reported on their demographics, combat exposure, use of positive and negative RS coping, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and perceived posttraumatic growth (PPTG). PTSD symptoms and PPTG were inversely correlated. As hypothesized, negative RS coping was inversely associated with PPTG and positively with PTSD, while positive RS coping was related only to PPTG. Although we expected that RS coping would buffer relations between combat exposure and both PTSD and PPTG, we found only one moderator effect and it was opposite our hypothesized direction: those with high combat exposure and high positive RS coping had the highest PTSD symptomatology. These results suggest, among veterans with combat exposure, negative RS coping is associated with higher PTSD symptomatology, while positive RS coping is generally associated with higher PPTG as well as higher PTSD for those with high combat exposure.
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- Title
- Positive and Negative Religious/Spiritual Coping and Combat Exposure as Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress and Perceived Growth in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans
- Creators
- Crystal L. Park - University of ConnecticutPhilip H. Smith - Yale UniversitySharon Y. Lee - University of ConnecticutCarolyn M. Mazure - Yale UniversitySherry A. Mckee - Yale UniversityRani Hoff - VA Connecticut Healthcare System
- Publication Details
- Psychology of religion and spirituality, v 9(1), pp 13-20
- Publisher
- Educational Publishing Foundation-American Psychological Assoc
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- P50DA033945; T32MH06299412 / National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA ZDA1 / Veterans Affairs CSRD Grant P50DA033945 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); European Commission UL1TR001863 / NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000395557100002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85001103561
- Other Identifier
- 991022030931504721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Multidisciplinary
- Religion