Resilience and Psychological Trauma Among Filipino American Women

Authors

Andrew Thomas Reyes, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Rose E. Constantino, University of Pittsburgh
Chad L. Cross, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Rhigel Alforque Tan, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Judzia N. Bombard, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Alvin Ryan Acupan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-20-2019

Publication Title

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

First page number:

1

Last page number:

9

Abstract

Aims: To explore the types of traumatic exposure, prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and level of resilience in a community sample of Filipino American women (FAW), as well as to investigate the relationships between their PTSD symptoms, history of traumatic exposure, and resilience. Method: A cross-sectional study with a total of 188 adult FAW. Results: We observed high levels of resilience and low levels of PTSD symptom severity. The most common form of traumatic exposure was non-interpersonal trauma occurring after the age of 18 years old. We also found a significant correlation between history of traumatic exposure and PTSD and between resilience and PTSD. Resilience was found to have a significant moderating effect on the relationship between traumatic exposure and PTSD. Conclusions: The results provide preliminary evidence on the buffering and protective properties of FAW's resilience to PTSD despite traumatic exposure.

Keywords

Resilience; PTSD; Filipino American women; Trauma

Disciplines

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing | Women's Health

Language

English

Repository Citation

Reyes, A. T., Constantino, R. E., Cross, C. L., Tan, R. A., Bombard, J. N., Acupan, A. R. (2019). Resilience and Psychological Trauma Among Filipino American Women. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing 1-9.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2019.08.008