Conservation of resources and coping self-efficacy predicting distress following a natural disaster: A causal model analysis where the environment meets the mind

Benight, Charles C.; Ironson, Gail; Klebe, Kelli J.; Carver, Charles S.; Wynings, Christina; Burnett, Kent F.; Greenwood, Debra; Baum, Andrew; Schneiderman, Neil

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“…The high rates we found for Arabs were consistent with the extremely high rates of probable PTSD previously documented for Palestinians in the Gaza strip (de Jong et al, 2001) and with PTSD symptom scores previously noted for Israeli Arabs (Hobfoll, CanettiNisim, et al, 2006). Consistent with other research on terrorism Hobfoll, Canetti-Nissim, et al, 2006;Hobfoll, Tracy, et al, 2006) and disaster (Benight et al, 1999;Freedy, Shaw, Jarrell, &;Masters, 1992;Ironson et al, 1997;Norris & Kaniasty, 1996), loss of personal, social, and economic resources was associated with higher probable PTSD Hobfoll, 1998). Further, social-structural indicators (education for Arabs and unreported income for Jews) remained significant when controlling for other factors, suggesting that access to resources in terms of possession versus lack is critical, along with resource loss (Bonanno, Galea, Bucciarelli, & Vlahov, 2007;Hobfoll, 1998).…”

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The association of exposure, risk, and resiliency factors with PTSD among Jews and Arabs exposed to repeated acts of terrorism in Israel

Hobfoll

Canetti–Nisim

Johnson

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Journal of Traumatic Stress

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The association of exposure, risk, and resiliency factors with PTSD among Jews and Arabs exposed to repeated acts of terrorism in Israel

Hobfoll

Canetti–Nisim

Johnson

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Journal of Traumatic Stress

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“…Considering the potential for forgiveness to have positive effects on workplace outcomes, we suggest a victimization-forgiveness-workplace outcome path model which is consistent with stress theoretical perspectives that coping is a mediating link between potential stressors and their outcomes (e.g., Alarcon, 2011;Benight et al, 1999;Hobfoll & Shirom, 1993;Lazarus & Folkman, 1984;Leiter, 1991;Schaufeli & Buunk, 2003). After encountering stressful events, victims are motivated to find coping responses to manage these events (e.g., to regain resources or prevent loss) and avoid negative consequences (Benight et al, 1999;Hobfoll & Shirom, 1993;Ito & Brotheridge, 2003;Schaufeli & Buunk, 2003).…”

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“…After encountering stressful events, victims are motivated to find coping responses to manage these events (e.g., to regain resources or prevent loss) and avoid negative consequences (Benight et al, 1999;Hobfoll & Shirom, 1993;Ito & Brotheridge, 2003;Schaufeli & Buunk, 2003). Similarly, the forgiveness literature has elaborated the role of forgiveness as an emotion-focused coping strategy that mediates the relationship between stressful events and outcomes (van Rensburg & Raubenheimer, 2015;Worthington & Scherer, 2004).…”

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Prosocial response to client-instigated victimization: The roles of forgiveness and workgroup conflict.

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Park²,

Zhu³

et al. 2018

Journal of Applied Psychology

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We investigate forgiveness as a human service employee coping response to client-instigated victimizations and further explore the role of workgroup conflict in (a) facilitating this response, and (b) influencing the relationship between victimization and workplace outcomes. Using the theoretical lens of Conservation of Resources (Hobfoll, 1989), we propose that employees forgive clients—especially in the context of low workgroup conflict. From low to moderate levels of client-instigated victimization, we suggest that victimization and forgiveness are positively related; however, this positive relationship does not prevail when individuals confront egregious levels of victimization (i.e., an inverted-U shape). This curvilinear relationship holds under low but not under high workgroup conflict. Extending this model to workplace outcomes, findings also demonstrate that the indirect effects of victimization on job satisfaction, burnout, and turnover intentions are mediated by forgiveness when workgroup conflict is low. Experiment- and field-based studies provide evidence for the theoretical model.

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“…According to COR theory, stress occurs when people's psychosocial or material resources are threatened with loss, are actually lost, or when individuals must invest resources without obtaining reasonable resource gain. Under periods of major or traumatic stress, a spiral of loss often develops, as resource loss begets further resource loss (Benight et al, 1999;Hobfoll, 1989;Norris & Kaniasty, 1996). …”

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The psychological impact of impending forced settler disengagement in Gaza: Trauma and posttraumatic growth

Hall

Hobfoll

Palmieri

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Journal of Traumatic Stress

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The Israeli government's decision to remove settlers in the Gaza Strip forcibly produced a situation of traumatic stress, resulting from confrontation and conflict for settlers. The authors examined the effects of the Gaza disengagement, that occurred following prolonged terrorist exposure, on rates of probable major depressive disorder (MDD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis in a representative sample of Gaza settlers (N = 190). Predictors of probable MDD in multivariate models were being female, and experiencing greater economic and psychosocial resource loss. Predictors of probable PTSD were being older and experiencing greater psychosocial resource loss. Posttraumatic growth was significantly related to a reduction in the odds of having probable PTSD. This latter finding is interpreted within our conceptualization of action-focused growth.With the rise of war, conflict, and terrorism worldwide, there has been increased interest in studying their effects on civilian populations. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been found to be a product of direct exposure, proximity to an attack, knowing someone injured or killed, or having concern that a loved one might have been hurt or killed (Bleich, Gelkopf, & Solomon, 2003;Galea et al., 2002;Hobfoll, Canetti-Nisim, & Johnson, 2006;Silver, Holman, Mcintosh, Poulin, & Gil-Rivas, 2002).We examined rates of probable PTSD and MDD among Israeli settlers who, after having been exposed to ongoing terrorism, were forced to evacuate their homes and in many cases their livelihoods due to political exigencies. Settlers moved to Gaza, in part, for economic © 2008 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to: Stevan E. Hobfoll, 378 Kent Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242. E-mail: E-mail: shobfoll@kent.edu. We used Conservation of Resources (COR) theory as an organizing model for this study (Hobfoll, 1989;1998). According to COR theory, stress occurs when people's psychosocial or material resources are threatened with loss, are actually lost, or when individuals must invest resources without obtaining reasonable resource gain. Under periods of major or traumatic stress, a spiral of loss often develops, as resource loss begets further resource loss (Benight et al., 1999;Hobfoll, 1989;Norris & Kaniasty, 1996). NIH Public AccessStudies of terrorism and other mass casualty events have found resource loss to be a principle predictor of PTSD and depression (Benight et al., 1999;Galea et al., 2002;Ironson et al., 1997). Janoff-Bulman (1992) suggested that trauma is exacerbated if it results in shattered assumptions about people's worldview. According to her model, individuals hold three basic assumptions: the benevolence of the world, the meaningfulness of the world, and a sense of self-worth. Integrating COR theory with Janoff-Bulman's (1992) concept of shattered assumptions leads to the prediction that trauma exposure and resultant resource loss would lead to PTSD and depression ...

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Conservation of resources and coping self-efficacy predicting distress following a natural disaster: A causal model analysis where the environment meets the mind

Cited by 183 publications

References 20 publications

The association of exposure, risk, and resiliency factors with PTSD among Jews and Arabs exposed to repeated acts of terrorism in Israel

The association of exposure, risk, and resiliency factors with PTSD among Jews and Arabs exposed to repeated acts of terrorism in Israel

Prosocial response to client-instigated victimization: The roles of forgiveness and workgroup conflict.

The psychological impact of impending forced settler disengagement in Gaza: Trauma and posttraumatic growth

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