Religion and cognitive processing of trauma among newly returned US Iraq and Afghanistan veterans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19504310 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ross Lisman (0000-0002-5833-7613, Fuller Theological Seminary, corresponding author), John Mcnab Currier (0000-0002-8843-2996, University of South Alabama), Joseph M Currier, J Irene Harris (0000-0001-6548-1966, Minneapolis Veterans Administration Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN, USA) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 603-616 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-09 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mental Health Religion & Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1367-4676 • E-ISSN: 1469-9737 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13674676.2017.1365050 |
| OpenAlex | W2765163219 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 40 |
Religion can provide a powerful meaning-making framework that promotes adaptive processing of potentially traumatic events. However, spiritual strain or distress might be associated with maladaptive perceptions of the meaning of possible traumas. These theoretical propositions have yet to be tested in the empirical literature (to our knowledge). This study examined associations between adaptive and maladaptive religious factors – labelled “seeking religious support” and “spiritual distress” and cognitive processing of trauma in a sample of 90 Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans recently returned from deployments. Results indicated that seeking religious support was positively, and spiritual distress was negatively, associated with adaptive processing but neither were linked with maladaptive meanings of trauma in the presence of known covariates (posttraumatic stress, depression, combat exposure, and social support). These findings demonstrate that religious/spiritual beliefs and behaviours may affect how trauma is adaptively processed in the months following war-zone deployments
Cognition · Iraq war · Political science · Psychiatry · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |