Open AccessStrategies for coping with individual PTSD symptoms: Experiences of African American victims of intimate partner violence.
Author(s) -
Tami P. Sullivan,
Nicole H. Weiss,
Carolina Price,
Nicole E. Pugh,
Nathan B. Hansen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
psychological trauma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.059
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1942-9681
pISSN - 1942-969X
DOI - 10.1037/tra0000283
Subject(s) - psycinfo , psychological intervention , psychology , clinical psychology , coping (psychology) , psychological resilience , social support , population , suicide prevention , poison control , domestic violence , maladaptive coping , psychiatry , medicine , medline , psychotherapist , medical emergency , environmental health , political science , law
Understanding how populations at particular risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its deleterious outcomes cope with individual PTSD symptoms is critical to developing interventions that promote resilience, support recovery, and ultimately empower traumatized populations. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify specific strategies women use to cope with individual PTSD symptoms among a population at particular risk for experiencing trauma and its negative sequelae-African American victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) who use substances.