Strategies for Coping with Individual PTSD Symptoms: Experiences of African American Victims of Intimate Partner Violence

摘要

ObjectiveUnderstanding how populations at particular risk for PTSD and its deleterious outcomes cope with individual PTSD symptoms is critical to developing interventions that promote resilience, support recovery, and ultimately empower traumatized populations. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify specific strategies women use to cope with individual PTSD symptoms among a population at particular risk for experiencing trauma and its negative sequelae –African American victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) who use substances.