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Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community Volume 45, 2017 - Issue 4: Trauma and Spirituality: Empirical Advances in an Under-Studied Area of Community Experience
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Associations between trauma exposure, religious coping, and psychiatric distress in a community sample in Nairobi, Kenya

Hana J. ShinVA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA
,
Gladys MwitiOasis Africa Counseling Center, Nairobi, KenyaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Melinda TomosadaPacific Clinics, Pasadena, California, USA
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Cynthia B. ErikssonDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 250-260 | Published online: 07 Sep 2017

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