Counseling and Values
Volume 63, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 57-75

Religious Commitment's Moderating Effect on Refugee Trauma and Growth (Article)

Acquaye H.E.* , Sivo S.A. , Jones K.D.
  • a Department of Child, Family, and Community Sciences, University of Central Florida, United States, Now at Department of Counseling, Western Seminary, United States
  • b Department of Educational and Human Sciences, University of Central Florida, United States
  • c Department of Child, Family, and Community Sciences, University of Central Florida, United States

Abstract

The authors assessed religious commitment's moderating effect on the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and posttraumatic growth (PTG) in adult Liberian refugees who experienced trauma from war (N = 444). Results indicated that religious commitment predicted PTG and had an interaction effect on the relationship between trauma and PTG, albeit a negative one. Counselors should therefore gauge clients’ worldviews in terms of religion or spirituality before integrating spiritual or religious issues in therapy. © 2018 by the American Counseling Association. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

religious commitment posttraumatic growth Refugees Moderation posttraumatic stress

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85045328290&doi=10.1002%2fcvj.12073&partnerID=40&md5=22f74ae1e22a08673c364bc67f100cab
DOI: 10.1002/cvj.12073
ISSN: 01607960
Original Language: English