The effectiveness of a trauma focused spiritually integrated intervention for veterans exposed to trauma

Building Spiritual Strength (BSS) is an 8‐session, spiritually integrated group intervention designed to address religious strain and enhance religious meaning making for military trauma survivors. It is based upon empirical research on the relationship between spirituality and adjustment to trauma....

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Published in:Journal of clinical psychology 2011-04, Vol.67 (4), p.425-438
Main Authors: Harris, J. Irene, Erbes, Christopher R., Engdahl, Brian E., Thuras, Paul, Murray-Swank, Nichole, Grace, Dixie, Ogden, Henry, Olson, Raymond H.A., Winskowski, Ann Marie, Bacon, Russ, Malec, Catherine, Campion, Kelsey, Le, TuVan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical psychology
Female
Group psychotherapy
Group therapy
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapies. Psychological and clinical counseling
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy - methods
Religion
Spirituality
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - therapy
Surveys and Questionnaires
Trauma
Treatment Outcome
Treatments
United States
Veterans
Veterans - psychology
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Summary:Building Spiritual Strength (BSS) is an 8‐session, spiritually integrated group intervention designed to address religious strain and enhance religious meaning making for military trauma survivors. It is based upon empirical research on the relationship between spirituality and adjustment to trauma. To assess the intervention's effectiveness, veterans with histories of trauma who volunteered for the study were randomly assigned to a BSS group (n = 26) or a wait‐list control group (n = 28). BSS participants showed statistically significant reductions in PTSD symptoms based on self‐report measures as compared with those in a wait‐list control condition. Further research on spiritually integrated interventions for trauma survivors is warranted. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 67:1–14, 2011.
ISSN:0021-9762
1097-4679
DOI:10.1002/jclp.20777