Posttraumatic Growth in Case of Internal Displacement

Testing the Model of Separated Religious and Non-Religious Pathways

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13824563
AutoresKetevan Mosashvili (Tbilisi State University, autor correspondente), Constantin Klein (0000-0002-9818-464X, Bielefeld University, autor correspondente)
Ano2017
Volume39
Fascículo2
Páginas118-137
Data de publicação2017-06-30
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoArchive for the Psychology of Religion (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0084-6724 • E-ISSN: 1573-6121
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1163/15736121-12341338
OpenAlexW2724926332
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas49

Most of the empirical research in trauma psychology focuses on posttraumatic reactions, rather than on positive outcomes besides increased attention to contributing factors to the concept of posttraumatic growth. The study presented in this paper investigates the role of religious commitment on the one hand and religious and nonreligious coping on the other as contributing factors to posttraumatic growth among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPS) in Georgia. Based on data from N = 190 IDPS, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to understand posttraumatic growth and the role of religiosity as a coping resource and strategy. Results indicate that religious commitment is not directly related to areas of posttraumatic growth but it has a positive impact on posttraumatic growth when it fosters religious and non-religious ways of coping. Each and every component has shown to have unique contribution to the outcome variable. Finally, implications of the practical value and for the field in general are discussed

Coping (psychology · Posttraumatic growth · Posttraumatic stress · Religiosity · Structural equation modeling · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Mathematics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology