[PDF] Examining The Relationship Between Strength Of Religious Faith And Self Esteem Among Sexual Assault Survivors eBook

Author :
Publisher :
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 41,94 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Faith
ISBN :

GET BOOK

Many women are survivors of sexual assault trauma, and the trauma may disrupt their mental health and beliefs about the world. The current study examined the self-esteem aspect of mental health and strength of religious faith within survivors of sexual assault. Female students at a university (N = 245, age range = 18-51) completed a survey, which consisted of the Modified Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, The Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Scale, The Modified Sexual Experiences Scale- Short Form Version, and a series of demographic questions. Results showed that female college students, who are also survivors of sexual assault, did not differ significantly in levels of self-esteem or strength of religious faith compared to their female peers who had not experienced sexual assault. Furthermore, there was no significant relationship between levels of self-esteem and strength of religious faith for either sexual assault survivors or non-sexual assault survivors. The results of the current study did not follow the previous literature, which suggested that self-esteem levels and strength of religious faith would be lower in sexual assault survivors than non-survivors, and that there would be a relationship between self-esteem and strength of religious faith. Therefore, self-esteem levels and religious/spiritual beliefs may not be related to sexual assault experiences. However, it is also possible that relationships exist among these variables in both college-aged sexually assaulted and non-sexually assaulted populations; however possibly due to the limitations of the study, not enough evidence exits to detect any relationships at this time.

Author : Jennifer L Manlowe
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 19,32 MB
Release : 1995-07
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0814755291

GET BOOK

How do survivors of sexual and domestic violence relate to religion and to a higher power? What are the social and religious contexts that sustain and encourage eating disorders in women? How do these issues intersect? The relationship between Christian religious discourse, incest, and eating disorders reveals an important, and so far unexamined, psychosocial phenomenon. Drawing from interviews with incest survivors whose sexual and religious backgrounds are intimately connected with their problematic relationship with food, Jennifer Manlowe here illuminates the connections between female body, weight, and appetite preoccupations. Manlowe offers social and psychological insights into the most common forms of female suffering—incest and body hatred. The volume is intended as a resource for professionals, advocates, friends of survivors, and most importantly, the survivor of incest herself as she attempts to understand the links of meaning in her mind between her incest experience and her subsequent eating disorder.

Author : Jennifer Erin Beste
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 44,65 MB
Release : 2007-09-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0198042507

GET BOOK

Christian tradition holds that an individual's ability to respond to God's graceto love both God and neighboris not wholly vulnerable to earthly contingencies, such as victimization. Today, however, trauma theory insists that situations of overwhelming violence can permanently damage a person's capacity for responsive agency. For Christians, this theory raises the very troubling possibility that humans can inflict ultimate harm on each other, such that some individuals' eternal destiny can be determined not by themselves but by those who do great harm. Jennifer Beste addresses the challenges that contemporary trauma theory and feminist theory pose to deeply-held theological convictions about human freedom and divine grace. Do our longstanding, widespread beliefs regarding ones access to Gods grace remain credible in light of recent social scientific research on the effects of interpersonal injury? With an eye toward the concrete experiences of trauma survivors, Best carefully considers the possibility that one can be victimized in such a way that his or her receptiveness to Gods grace is severely diminished, or even destroyed. Drawing on insights present in feminist and trauma theory, Beste articulates a revised Rahnerian theology of freedom and grace responsive to trauma survivors in need of healing. Her thinking is characterized by two interconnected claims; that human freedom to respond to Gods grace can in fact be destroyed by severe interpersonal harm, and that Gods love can be mediated, at least in part, through loving interpersonal relations. Offering crucial insights that lead to a more adequate understanding of the relation between Gods grace and human freedom, Bestes important theory reconfigures our visions of God and humanity and alters our perceptions of what it means to truly love ones neighbor.

Author : Elaine J. Lawless
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,21 MB
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0826262678

GET BOOK

The statistics are alarming. Some say that once every nine minutes a woman in the United States is beaten by her spouse or partner. Others claim that once every four minutes a woman in the world is beaten by her spouse or partner. More women go to emergency rooms in the United States for injuries sustained at the hands of their spouses and partners than for all other injuries combined. Shelters for battered women are filled beyond capacity every single day of the year. Despite the overwhelming evidence that violence in our homes is a daily reality, most of us are not willing to acknowledge this private violence or talk about it openly. Women Escaping Violence brings women's stories to the attention of the academy as well as the reading public. While we may be unwilling or unable to talk about the issue of battered women, many of us are ready to read what women have to say about their endangered lives. Considerable scholarship is emerging in the area of domestic violence, including many self-help books about how to identify and escape abuse. Women Escaping Violence offers the unique view of battered women's stories told in their own words, as well as a feminist analysis of how these women use the power of narrative to transform their sense of self and regain a place within the larger society. Lawless shares with the reader the heart-wrenching experiences of battered women who have escaped violence by fleeing to shelters with little more than a few items hastily shoved into a plastic bag, and often with small children in tow. The book includes women's stories as they are told and retold within the shelter, in the presence of other battered women and of caregivers. It analyzes the uses made of these narratives by those seeking to counsel battered women as well as by the women themselves.

Author : Anita L. Vangelisti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 11,29 MB
Release : 2012-11-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1136946365

GET BOOK

With a synthesis of research on issues key to understanding family interaction, as well as an analysis of many theoretical and methodological choices made by researchers studying family communication, the Handbook serves to advance the field by reframing old questions and stimulating new ones. The contents are comprised of chapters covering: theoretical and methodological issues influencing current conceptions of family; research and theory centering around the family life course communication occurring in a variety of family forms individual family members and their relationships dynamic communication processes taking place in families family communication embedded in social, cultural, and physical contexts. Key changes to the second edition include: updates throughout, providing a thorough and up-to-date overview of research and theory new topics reflecting the growth of the discipline, including chapters on "singles" as family members, emerging adults, and physiology and physical health. Highlighting the work of scholars across disciplines--communication, social psychology, clinical psychology, sociology, family studies, and others--this volume captures the breadth and depth of research on family communication and family relationships. The well-known contributors approach family interaction from a variety of theoretical perspectives and focus on topics ranging from the influence of structural characteristics on family relationships to the importance of specific communication processes.

Author : Caroline Blyth
Publisher : Springer
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,99 MB
Release : 2018-03-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3319722247

GET BOOK

This volume explores the multiple intersections between rape culture, gender violence, and religion. Each chapter considers the ways that religious texts, theologies, and traditions engage with contemporary cultural discourses of gender, sexuality, gender violence, and rape culture. Particularly, they interrogate the multifaceted roles that religious texts and teachings can have in challenging, confirming, querying, or redefining socio-cultural understandings of rape culture and gender violence. Unique to this volume, authors explore the topic from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including anthropology, theology, biblical studies, gender and queer studies, politics, modern history, art history, linguistics, religious studies, and English literature. Together, these interdisciplinary approaches resist the tendency to oversimplify the complexity of the connections between religion, gender violence, and rape culture; rather, the volume offers readers a multi-vocal and multi-perspectival view of this crucial subject, inviting readers to think deeply about it in light of the global crisis of gender violence.

Author :
Publisher :
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 26,99 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Government publications
ISBN :

GET BOOK

References to 1836 journal articles, dissertations, and books published since 1970. Also contains foreign-language titles. Focuses on literature dealing with the theoretical and practical relationships between religion and mental health. Classified arrangement. Each entry gives bibliographical information and abstract. Author, subject indexes.

Author : Sean Wheeler
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 10,53 MB
Release : 2016-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498486736

GET BOOK

The Christian nonfiction book Wretch: Haunted by Shadows, Rescued by Jesus focuses on the author's own story of healing from sexual and physical abuse he experienced as a young boy. In a series of personal essays, Sean Wheeler explores the depression, low self-esteem, negative thoughts, and self-destructive actions that stem from his abuse. He discusses the real life effects of sexual abuse, such as trouble maintaining relationships and jobs. Depending on his faith in God and God's love for him, he began finding answers to his questions such as "Why did this happen?" and "Why would God let this happen to me?" In a raw and emotional description of what the long road to recovery looks like, Sean Wheeler writes about his experiences, from the obstacles to finding the right kind of support center, to visiting a therapist, to confronting his memories. Writing from the perspective of a man in a situation that often stigmatizes men and boys for wanting help, he aims to help other men find the courage and strength to look for their own healing. Christian life, men's issues, childhood abuse, therapy, male abuse survivors, overcoming abuse with God, Christian abuse recovery, redemption, overcoming fear, shame, guilt.