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Abuse in Childhood and Religious/Spiritual Status in Adulthood Among Internal Medicine Outpatients |
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| Authors: | Randy A Sansone Amy R Kelley Jeremy S Forbis |
| Institution: | 1. Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, USA 2. Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, OH, USA 3. 2115 Leiter Road, Miamisburg, OH, 45342, USA 4. Medical school, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, USA 5. Department of Sociology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA |
| Abstract: | The relationship between abuse in childhood and religiosity/spirituality status in adulthood has been previously studied, but not in a medical sample or with the current study measure. Using a cross-sectional consecutive sample of 317 internal medicine outpatients, we asked participants, “As a child, were you the victim of either physical or sexual abuse?,” and assessed religiosity/spirituality status with the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being Scale (FACIT-Sp-12). We found that among the cohort with abuse in childhood, seven of twelve scales as well as the overall FACIT-Sp-12 score demonstrated statistically significant differences, with abused participants consistently evidencing lower religiosity/spirituality scores. |
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