- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- A descriptive study of African American abused women and non-abused African American women regarding psychological abuse on self-esteem and spirituality as a coping mechanism, 2001
- Creator:
- Alston, Peggy J.
- Date of Original:
- 2001-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The present study examined the impact of psychological abuse on self-esteem and investigated spirituality as a coping mechanism for African American women. It is hypothesized that psychologically abused women will have lower self-esteem scores than non-abused African American women and abused women will utilize spirituality as a coping mechanism against adversity less often than non-abused women. A descriptive approach was used to gather and analyze data from thirty African American women. The sample consisted of fifteen African American women from a battered women's organization and fifteen was solicited from the general community. The participants received a 41-item questionnaire assessing self-esteem, psychological abuse, witnessing childhood psychological abuse and spirituality. The data were analyzed using cross-tabulations. Findings showed no significant differences in self-esteem levels or spirituality coping mechanisms between the abused sample and non- abused sample.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2001_alston_peggy_j
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
