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    Social support, religiousness, and posttraumatic growth in young adults following parental divorce

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    Author/Creator
    Berkey, Sarah R.
    Date
    2015-07-08
    2015-05
    Type of Work
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    vii, 80 pages
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    theses
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    Towson University. Department of Psychology
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    Abstract
    Children can be harshly affected by parental divorce (Harvey & Fine, 2010) but also have the potential to heal and even become stronger in a phenomena referred to as posttraumatic growth (PTG). The present study hypothesized that social support, religiousness, and time since parental divorce would be positively related to PTG in young adults who experienced parental divorce and that gender would partially moderate the relationships between both religious coping and PTG and social support coping and PTG, such that women would experience more PTG than men. Participants were 232 young adults recruited at a Mid-Atlantic university and through snowball sampling. Social support and religious coping were found to be significantly related to PTG. No gender differences were found in the reporting of PTG, nor did the amount of time since parental divorce play a significant role. Implications to aide children in the promotion of positive growth and healing after parental divorce are discussed.


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    Towson University
    8000 York Road
    Towson, Maryland 21252

    Website:
    www.towson.edu

    Contact Info:
    azukowski@towson.edu
    410-704-5318
    http://libraries.towson.edu/md-soar


    If you wish to submit a copyright complaint or withdrawal request, please email mdsoar-help@umd.edu.