TY - JOUR
T1 - Religiosity and posttraumatic stress following forced relocation
AU - Oren, Lior
AU - Possick, Chaya
N1 - Funding Information:
Received 17 October 2008; accepted 5 December 2008. This study was supported by a grant awarded by the Regional Research and Development Authority of Samaria and the Jordon Valley to the first author. Address correspondence to Dr. Lior Oren, Ph.D., Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ariel University Center of Samaria, Ariel, 40700 Israel. E-mail: [email protected]
PY - 2009/3
Y1 - 2009/3
N2 - In order to examine the role of religiosity in situations of extreme stress, such as forced relocation, 326 Israeli settlers who were evicted from the Gaza Strip by the government were tested for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), intrusion and avoidance, and religiosity and religious support. Approximately 40% of the subjects suffered from PTSD. No correlation was found between PTSD and religiosity or religious support. However, among very religious people, high religious support predicted lower PTSD, while among the moderately religious, high religious support predicted higher PTSD. In addition, religiosity measures were positively correlated with intrusion and negatively correlated with avoidance.
AB - In order to examine the role of religiosity in situations of extreme stress, such as forced relocation, 326 Israeli settlers who were evicted from the Gaza Strip by the government were tested for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), intrusion and avoidance, and religiosity and religious support. Approximately 40% of the subjects suffered from PTSD. No correlation was found between PTSD and religiosity or religious support. However, among very religious people, high religious support predicted lower PTSD, while among the moderately religious, high religious support predicted higher PTSD. In addition, religiosity measures were positively correlated with intrusion and negatively correlated with avoidance.
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U2 - 10.1080/15325020902724586
DO - 10.1080/15325020902724586
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AN - SCOPUS:70449392627
SN - 1532-5024
VL - 14
SP - 144
EP - 160
JO - Journal of Loss and Trauma
JF - Journal of Loss and Trauma
IS - 2
ER -