What is it about?
This study provides service providers with a valid measure that considers the influence that structural and cultural factors have on African Americans’ assessment and identification of coping strategies designed to help them manage their grief as a result of experiencing the homicide of family members and friends. Use of the Inventory of Stress and Coping for African American Survivors of Homicide Victims (ISCASHV) has the potential to enhance service providers’ ability to respond to the needs of African American clients in a culturally responsive manner.
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Why is it important?
This study contributes to gaps in research relevant to the assessment of the complex interplay between traumatic stress, racism, and homicide for African Americans. The Inventory of Stress and Coping for African American Survivors of Homicide Victims (ISCASHV) captures the distinct lived experiences of African American survivors of homicide victims that can ultimately inform the development of culturally responsive assessment and interventions.
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It is my greatest hope that this article provides researchers and practitioners with a tool of measurement that aids their ability to respond to the unmet needs of Black survivors of homicide victims helping them to not simply survive in the aftermath of murder but perhaps thrive thereafter it.
Tanya Sharpe
University of Toronto
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This page is a summary of: Development and validation of the Inventory of Stress and Coping for African American Survivors of Homicide Victims., Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy, May 2022, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/tra0001246.
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