Title

Resilience and Psychological Trauma Among Filipino American Women

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

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