Category Archive for: "trauma"

Development and validation of a measure of spiritual fortitude

July 3, 2019 trauma

OBJECTIVE: In this article, we develop and validate a measure of spiritual fortitude (SF). SF is defined as a character trait enabling people to endure and make redemptive meaning from adversity [...]
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Religion and spirituality in rehabilitation outcomes among individuals with traumatic brain injury

January 3, 2018 rehabilitation, trauma, traumatic brain injury (TBI)

OBJECTIVE: The long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury affect millions of Americans, many of whom report using religion and spirituality to cope. Little research, however, has [...]
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Relationships between the brief multidimensional measure of religiousness/spirituality and health outcomes for a heterogenous rehabilitation population

January 3, 2018 trauma, traumatic brain injury (TBI)

PURPOSE: To determine relationships between the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality (BMMRS; i.e., positive/negative spirituality, forgiveness, religious practices, [...]
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Dr. Irene Harris on veterans’ moral injury

January 2, 2018 moral injury, psychological distress, religious/spiritual struggle, spiritual distress, trauma, veterans

Transforming Chaplaincy welcomes guest commentator Dr. J. Irene Harris, who is a psychologist in the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. Dr. Harris is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of [...]
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Trauma and spirituality: empirical advances in an understudied area of community service

October 2, 2017 Community Health, trauma

Abstract: Trauma and spirituality represent an understudied area of community experience. As in introductory article for this themed issue for the Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the [...]
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