Predictors of National and Community Resilience of Israeli Border Inhabitants Threatened by War and Terror

Eshel, Yohanan; Kimhi, Shaul; Marciano, Hadas

doi:10.1007/s10597-020-00592-w

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“…Our findings indicate that the best predictors of sense of danger and distress symptoms, at both the peak of the crisis and the first stage of the recovery process, are individual resilience and well-being, which shared a similar degree of predictability. This result corroborates earlier studies that presented the central role of individual resilience and well-being as predictors of better coping with varied hazards, such as the COVID-19 crisis and security threats [ 26 , 30 , 40 , 45 ]. Moreover, it seems that, compared with distress regarding security threats, the role of individual resilience and well-being in coping with pandemic threats is even more important [ 46 ]; submitted; [ 47 ].…”

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Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic: Distress and resilience

Kimhi

Marciano

Eshel

et al. 2020

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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The current study analyzed repeated responses to the coronavirus. Data for the first phase was gathered during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis in Israel (T1), which included the overall lock-down of the Israeli society. The repeated measurement was conducted approximately two months later, on the initial phase of lifting the lock-down (T2). The sample size was 300 people. Results indicated four significant differences between the first and the second measurements: Sense of danger, distress symptoms, and national resilience significantly decreased, while perceived well-being increased at T2. No significant differences were noted between the two measurements regarding individual and community resilience and economic difficulties. The data indicated that the highest decrease in national resilience was accounted for by low respondent trust in governmental decisions during the COVID-19 crisis. The negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the participants was determined by two indicators: level of distress symptoms and sense of danger. Path analyses showed that five variables significantly predicted these two indicators. Their best predictor at T1 and T2 was well-being followed by individual resilience, economic difficulties due to the pandemic crisis, community resilience, and gender. It was concluded that psychological attributes may help in decreasing the impact of the threats of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic: Distress and resilience

Kimhi

Marciano

Eshel

et al. 2020

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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“…Religion is a highly treasured value that Filipinos consider as a stronghold in times of personal or collective crisis (Austria, 2008). In a similar vein and confirming previous findings (Eshel et al, 2020;Kimhi et al, , 2013, we found that individuals who held more right-wing political views tend to perceive higher levels of NR.…”

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“…Finally, our findings confirmed Hypothesis 4 that promoting factors such as individual and community resilience positively influence NR; that is, individuals who reported higher levels of individual and community resilience showed greater levels of perceived NR. This finding is consistent with earlier studies indicating that people who have a greater capacity to bounce back from adversity and perceive the community with capacities for collective action, collaboration, and empowerment are more likely to trust their national leaders and government institutions to resolve crises and maintain stability in the country (Eshel et al, 2020;.…”

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“…However, sense of danger was not associated with NR. Earlier studies provided support that greater distress (Eshel et al, 2020; and perceived threat (Canetti et al, 2014) were associated with lower levels of perceived NR. Anxiety and distress are normal responses to such extreme circumstances of the coronavirus crisis.…”

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“…Studies with Israeli adults and higher education students reported a negative correlation of distress and sense of danger with NR (Eshel, Kimhi, & Marciano, 2020;Kimhi, Eshel, Leykin, & Lahad, 2017;Marciano et al, 2019). That is, the more distressed and greater sense of danger, the lower is the perceived NR.…”

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Measurement and antecedents of national resilience in Filipino adults during coronavirus crisis

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Aruta

Antazo

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Journal Community Psychology

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Resilience is a broad concept that encompasses individual and social resources to thrive from difficult circumstances. The resilience that occurs as a collective effort or countrywide phenomenon is referred to as national resilience (NR), which connotes the ability of a nation to deal with crises while keeping its social fabric intact. Like the rest of the world, the Philippines has been greatly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and we argue that a stable and robust NR is needed to bounce back from the challenges and adversities of the crisis. This pioneering study on NR in Filipino adults was conducted to achieve two aims (1) assess the psychometric properties of the Filipino adapted National Resilience Scale (NRS-Filipino) and (2) determine demographic and psychological variables that influence NR. Data from 401 participants yielded an exploratory factor analysis with a good model fit for a four-factor solution that is similar to the original National Resilience Assessment Scale. NRS-Filipino also demonstrated acceptable reliability and convergent validity. Among the variables purported to be associated with NR, community resilience, and political attitude came out as strong predictors.

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The personal growth resources of the adult population following the first months of the war in Ukraine

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2023

Int J Psychol

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We aimed to determine the peculiarities of personal growth resources among the adult population following the first months of the war in Ukraine. The study, which included 1257 respondents (32.3% male and 67.7% female, aged 18–61+ years), used the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory—Expanded, the Brief Resilience Scale, the Professional Hardiness Questionnaire and the General Self‐Efficacy Scale. We found the following descending sequence of expression of the components of personal growth: appreciation of life, spiritual and existential changes, relations to others, new possibilities and personal strengths. Personal resources included resilience, professional commitment, professional control, professional challenge acceptance and self‐efficacy, of which the last two were the most important. All indicators of personal growth were significantly higher in women but were more closely related to personal resources in men. Our findings suggest directions interventions should take to promote the Ukrainian adult population's personal growth and prevent negative mental health consequences.

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Predictors of National and Community Resilience of Israeli Border Inhabitants Threatened by War and Terror

Cited by 24 publications

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Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic: Distress and resilience

Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic: Distress and resilience

Measurement and antecedents of national resilience in Filipino adults during coronavirus crisis

The personal growth resources of the adult population following the first months of the war in Ukraine

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