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Being Delivered: Spirituality in Survivors of Sexual Violence

Knapik, Gregory P
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1164145904

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2006, PHD, Kent State University, College of Nursing.
This study explores how individuals use spirituality in response to sexual violence. Sexual violence is an underreported and often-overlooked social problem associated with diverse physical, psychological, behavioral, relational, and spiritual sequelae. Several factors are involved in the survivors’ recovery from sexual violence, including spirituality. However, how spirituality is used in responding to and in the recovery process from sexual violence is poorly understood. Adaptive sampling with a community assessment was used to recruit a sample of 66 female and 60 male survivors of various types of sexual violence who were in a parent study examining survivors’ responses to sexual violence. A sample of 27 women and 23 men who used spirituality in response to sexual violence was selected from the parent study sample. A grounded theory methodology was used to analyze the interview data to: a) compare the data to an existing spirituality framework, and b) reveal and describe a social process by which spirituality is used in response to sexual violence. A core category of "Being Delivered" was found in the data. Being delivered reflects participants’ use of spirituality to help them heal from the many types of sequelae of sexual violence. A model of the theory was generated incorporating three dimensions: first- spiritual connection (communion, passion, perpetuity, presence); second- spiritual journey (being sustained, being awakened, being tested); and third- spiritual transformation (transcendence, transformative meaning). The implications for nursing include increasing caregivers' awareness and appreciation of spirituality as being used by survivors of sexual violence to help with healing and recovery. Furthermore, caregivers may consider spirituality as a therapeutic modality to support survivors of sexual violence, or to refer to appropriate experts for such support, such as sensitive and knowledgeable chaplains, pastoral counselors, or clergy.
Donna Martsolf (Advisor)
121 p.
SPIRITUALITY; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; GROUNDED THEORY; NURSING

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  • Knapik, G. P. (2006). Being Delivered: Spirituality in Survivors of Sexual Violence [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1164145904

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Knapik, Gregory. Being Delivered: Spirituality in Survivors of Sexual Violence. 2006. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1164145904.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Knapik, Gregory. "Being Delivered: Spirituality in Survivors of Sexual Violence." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1164145904

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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