Religiosity and spirituality as coping strategies among suicidal African American women, 2009

Rhodes, Miesha N.

2000-2009

African American women traditionally have lower rates of suicide than women of other races; however, over the past 20 years the rates of suicide have increased in the African American community. The purpose of this paper was to examine the effects of religiosity and spirituality as coping strategies for African American women. Findings show that there is a correlation between higher levels of religiosity and spirituality and lower levels of suicidal ideation, hopelessness and depression. It was hypothesized that higher levels of religiosity would be more positively correlated with lower levels of suicidal ideation, hopelessness and depression than spirituality. Conversely, it was found that spirituality accounts for more of the variance associated with lower levels of suicidal ideation, hopelessness and depression.

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2009-05-01

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Master of Social Work (MSW)

Clark Atlanta University

School of Social Work, Social Science and Clinical Social Work

Ashong, Mary Curtis

Clark Atlanta University

Georgia--Atlanta

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2009_rhodes_miesha_n