Posttraumatic Growth and Trauma in Flood Survivors: Contributions of Attitudes Toward God

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Zeligman ◽  
Stacey E. McElroy-Heltzel ◽  
Edward B. Davis ◽  
Franco Dispenza ◽  
Don E. Davis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Baton Rouge ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Emotional Outcomes ◽  
Flood Exposure ◽  
Disaster Survivors ◽  
The Relationship

Natural disasters, including floods, affect entire communities and often lead survivors to report symptoms of posttraumatic stress (PTS). Although the vast majority of disaster research focuses on negative emotional outcomes, individuals may simultaneously experience positive outcomes such as posttraumatic growth (PTG). This study examined the influence of attitudes toward God (i.e., positive attitudes toward God and disappointment/anger with God) on perceived PTG and PTS following the 2016 floods in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (N = 416). Hierarchical regressions revealed that flood exposure and attitudes toward God predicted perceived PTG and PTS. In addition, disappointment/anger with God helped to moderate the relationship between flood exposure and perceived PTG in flood survivors. Findings underscore the role that counselors can play in facilitating growth in disaster survivors and in processing spiritual topics with clients when relevant.

scholarly journals Narratives of natural disaster survivors in Indonesian media: The case of Tempo magazine

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-51
Author(s):  
Budi Irawanto
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Human Subject ◽  
The Body ◽  
News Magazine ◽  
Disaster Survivors ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Journalism Research ◽  
The Relationship

Dubbed as the ‘ring of fire,’, Indonesian territories have witnessed many forms of natural disasters such as volcano eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis, which had been widely reported in the mass media. While the media has reported the scale of destruction and number of casualties caused by those disasters, they have also narrated dramatic recounts of the survivors. Imbued with spectacular imagery, the media seek to appeal to the audiences emotionally and evoke sentiments of solidarity as well as humanitarian actions. Employing a textual analysis of media reports in Indonesia, particularly from the weekly news magazine Tempo, this study explores the way in which the media frame the narratives of the survivors of natural disasters (volcano eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis) across Indonesia. Although the media are expected to report events objectively, this study demonstrates the affective element in the practice of journalism on natural disasters. Therefore, this study will contribute to the growing research on the relationship between media and disasters, particularly in the context of a disaster-prone country such as Indonesia. In particular, it will contribute to the body of journalism research which looks at the role of narrating the human subject in tragic events such as natural disasters.

scholarly journals Personal Resources and Spiritual Change among Participants’ Hostilities in Ukraine: The Mediating Role of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Turn to Religion

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Iwona Niewiadomska ◽  
Krzysztof Jurek ◽  
Joanna Chwaszcz ◽  
Patrycja Wośko ◽  
Magdalena Korżyńska-Piętas
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Personal Resources ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Spiritual Change ◽  
The Relationship

The theory of conservation of resources (COR) can be used for searching mechanisms which explain spiritual changes caused by trauma. The aim of this paper was to analyze the relationship between distribution of personal resources and spiritual change, as well as the mediating role of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and turn to religion (stress coping strategy) in this relationship among participants’ hostilities in Ukraine. A total of 314 adults—74 women and 235 men—participated in the study. The mean age was 72.59. Polish adaptation of Hobfoll’s Conservation of Resources-Evaluation (COR-E), the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist—Civilian Version (PCL-C), the Inventory for Measuring Coping with Stress (MINI-COPE), and The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) were employed in the research. The mediating role of posttraumatic stress disorder and turn to religion in relationship between personal resources loss and spiritual change was confirmed. The turn to religion plays the role of mediator in relationship between personal resources gain/assigning value to personal resources and spiritual change. The results justify the postulate of conducting further research in the field of testing models which take into account the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder, religious coping stress, and posttraumatic spiritual change. The conducted analyses should include the assumptions of the COR theory as well as psychological, social, and situational factors that could generate spiritual change.

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