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

J. Irene Harris; Christopher R Erbes; Brian Engdahl; Paul Thuras; Nichole Murray-Swank; Dixie Grace; Henry Ogden; Raymond H.A. Olson; Ann Marie Winskowski; Russ Bacon; Catherine Malec; Kelsey Campion; Tu Van Le

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

J. Irene Harris, Christopher R Erbes, Brian Engdahl, Paul Thuras, Nichole Murray-Swank, Dixie Grace, Henry Ogden, Raymond H.A. Olson, Ann Marie Winskowski, Russ Bacon, Catherine Malec, Kelsey Campion, Tu Van Le

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	425-438
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of clinical psychology
Volume	67
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20777
State	Published - Apr 2011

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Veterans

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Harris, J. I., Erbes, C. R., Engdahl, B., Thuras, P., Murray-Swank, N., Grace, D., Ogden, H., Olson, R. H. A., Winskowski, A. M., Bacon, R., Malec, C., Campion, K., & Le, T. V. (2011). The effectiveness of a trauma focused spiritually integrated intervention for veterans exposed to trauma. Journal of clinical psychology, 67(4), 425-438. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20777

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