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ArticleJournal of traumatic stress2023

Fear of sin and fear of God: Scrupulosity predicts women's daily experiences of mental contamination following sexual trauma.

Alyssa C Jones, Jordyn M Tipsword, C Alex Brake, Emily E Fenlon, Thomas G Adams, Jesse P McCann, Christal L Badour

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Alyssa C JonesSoutheast Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Centers, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2585-3395
Jordyn M TipswordDepartment of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
C Alex BrakeWarren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Emily E FenlonDepartment of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Thomas G AdamsDepartment of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Jesse P McCannDepartment of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Christal L BadourDepartment of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9985-8418

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Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational ScienceUL1TR001998 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI HARTMANN, KATHERINE E, KERN, PHILIP A · 2016 to 2025
$34.2M
Research Training in Drug Abuse BehaviorT32DA035200 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI CRAIG R RUSH, William Walton Stoops · 2013 to 2026
$4.4M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001998NCATS NIH HHS UL1TR001998NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA035200
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Abstract

Mental contamination refers to feelings of dirtiness in response to thoughts, images, or memories. Mental contamination is frequently reported after sexual trauma and is associated with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Differences in individuals' views about morality and purity may influence the severity of mental contamination, though this has been studied primarily outside of samples assessed for trauma and/or PTSD. The present study addressed this gap by investigating scrupulosity as a prospective predictor of daily sexual trauma-related mental contamination and PTSD symptoms. Participants included 40 adult women with a history of sexual trauma and current sexual trauma-related mental contamination who completed baseline diagnostic interviews and questionnaires followed by two assessments every day for 2 weeks. The results indicate that scrupulosity was positively correlated with PTSD symptom severity and sexual trauma-related mental contamination at baseline. Scrupulosity was also a prospective predictor of increased daily sexual trauma-related mental contamination, B = 0.19, SE = 0.07, p = .010, but not daily PTSD symptoms, B = -0.10, SE = .08, p = .198. The findings indicate that scrupulosity may be an important factor in understanding recovery from sexual assault.

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FearSexual TraumaStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticAdultFemaleHumansMiddle AgedMoralsProspective StudiesSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adult

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PMID37653683
PMCPMC10591805

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