Journal article
Hardiness, history of abuse and women's health
Journal of health psychology, Vol.10(6), pp.767-777
11/01/2005
DOI: 10.1177/1359105305057312
PMID: 16176955
Abstract
This study examined hardiness and health in women with and without histories of physical and/or sexual abuse. Patients (N=201) from a major Midwestern hospital gynecology clinic completed measures of hardiness, physical health, psychological health and neuroticism. The following findings were obtained: (a) the proposed three-factor structure of hardiness was not confirmed, and a different model was suggested; (b) evidence for convergent (adjustment and neuroticism) validity was found; (c) hardiness was significantly associated with physical and psychological health; (d) hardiness was not found to moderate the effects of an abusive past; and (e) the constructs of neuroticism and hardiness appear to overlap to a certain extent. Implications of these findings for theory, research and practice are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Hardiness, history of abuse and women's health
- Creators
- Carolyn J Heckman - Virginia Commonwealth UniversityDaniel L Clay - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of health psychology, Vol.10(6), pp.767-777
- DOI
- 10.1177/1359105305057312
- PMID
- 16176955
- ISSN
- 1359-1053
- eISSN
- 1461-7277
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2005
- Academic Unit
- Education Administration; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984371099402771
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