Coping and PTSD symptoms in Pakistani earthquake survivors: Purpose in life, religious coping and social support

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders among the Survivors of 2015 Nepal Earthquake, in Dhading, Nepal

“…This result is in line with prior studies (Wu et al, 2014). Higher social support has been significantly associated with higher positive emotions (Feder et al, 2013). Structural social support shows a linear relation to quality of life; the functional aspects of support reveal stress-buffering proposition (X.…”

What Does Not Kill Us Makes Us Stronger: Implications for Bosnian Refugees' Coping Skills during a Natural Disaster

“…Additionally, more than 90% of the participants believed that their social connections with the local communities were sincere and reliable under any circumstances. This idea is consistent with the previous literature that suggests that higher levels of social networking and social support often lead the disaster victims to a better health outcome and a speedy recovery [8][9][10]. Adding to the above mentioned strengths, many individual participants demonstrated strong leadership qualities.…”

“…Coping was measured via three psychosocial variables: life purpose, religious coping, and social support. Predictably, higher purpose in life and positive religious coping led to less severe symptoms of PTSD; higher perceived social support led to higher positive emotions, which could subsequently result in better mental health outcomes; and negative religious coping, including feeling punished and/or abandoned by God, aggravated the levels of severity of PTSD [10]. Historically, researchers have paid considerable attention to the role of perceived coping self-efficacy (CSE) for overcoming a natural disaster.…”

Women's traumatic experience in a permanent shelter after volcanic mud flow in Magelang, Indonesia

“…30 Other study also found that survivors from a natural disaster with a higher purpose in life were significantly associated with positive emotion rather than presence of PTSD symptoms. 31 This study found one categorize for meaning of life. This categorize was close to God.…”