Beliefs in Reincarnation and the Power of Fate and Their Association With Emotional Outcomes Among Bereaved Parents of Fallen Soldiers

Somer, Eli; Klein-Sela, Carmit; Or‐Chen, Keren

doi:10.1080/15325024.2011.575706

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“…The belief in reincarnation and the Notq, from the therapists' perspectives, is present in the social discourse and is considered a common belief of most members of the community. Similar findings were reported among the Druze in Syria (Bennett 2006), Lebanon (Littlewood 2001), and Israel (Somer et al 2011).…”

Section: How Therapists Perceive Reincarnation and Notqsupporting

confidence: 84%

“…Druze parents expressed fewer feelings of helplessness, guilt, and anger. These findings indicate that when traumatic loss appears within a coherent set of meanings that dialectically accept the final separation from the dead person and the rebirth, along with the hope of meeting him/her in the new incarnation, the acceptance of death is more tolerable (Somer et al 2011). Dwairy (2006) examined the psychosocial aspects of the Notq.…”

Section: The Druze Belief In Reincarnation and The Notq Phenomenonmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Disregard for religion and spirituality in psychology includes the belief in reincarnation and afterlife (Peres 2012). Studies that have examined the belief in life after death have found that it has a positive effect on coping with grief and loss (Somer, Klein‐Sela, and Or‐Chen 2011) and various health implications (Christopherson and Beischel 2018). The present article attempts to add to this research by studying the belief in reincarnation among a religious minority group.…”

Section: Religious Beliefs and Psychologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The manner in which Druze deal with grief seems to contradict Western psychological theories on mourning where the reality of loss must first be accepted before emotional pain is processed (Littlewood 2001). Somer and his colleagues (2011) compared Israeli Druze and Jewish parents of fallen soldiers and found a stronger belief in reincarnation and destiny as well as greater closeness to religion among the Druze. Druze parents expressed fewer feelings of helplessness, guilt, and anger.…”

Section: Reincarnation and Notq In The Psychiatric And Psychological mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Notq Arrives at the Clinic: How Druze Therapists Deal with the Cultural Phenomenon of Remembering and Talking about Previous Incarnation Among the Druze in Israel

Natoor

Shoshana

2020

Ethos

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This article deals with the cultural idiom Notq-the remembering and talking about a previous incarnation among the Druze. The study focuses on the interface between the dominant Western psychological perspective and the Druze ethnopsychology. Sixteen Druze therapists including social workers and psychologists were interviewed about the Notq and how it arises in the clinic. The research shows that while the therapists understand and respect Notq, they mostly suspend it and only some work with it. The findings reveal that the Druze therapists are confronted with a complex conflict: they have no internal-cultural legitimacy to reject Notq, and they have no external-professional basis for accepting it. This study, in using the example of the Notq, illustrates important issues that are addressed by transcultural psychologists and psychological anthropologists; cultural idioms; minority therapists; the dominance of Western psychological knowledge; and the interface between psychology and religion.

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Section: How Therapists Perceive Reincarnation and Notqsupporting

confidence: 84%

Section: The Druze Belief In Reincarnation and The Notq Phenomenonmentioning

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Section: Reincarnation and Notq In The Psychiatric And Psychological mentioning

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Notq Arrives at the Clinic: How Druze Therapists Deal with the Cultural Phenomenon of Remembering and Talking about Previous Incarnation Among the Druze in Israel

Natoor

Shoshana

2020

Ethos

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“…Seven items adapted from prior research (Acevedo, 2008;Khamis, 2008;Somer, Klein-Sela, & Or-Chen, 2011) were used to assess fatalism. Participants were instructed to report their degree of agreement or disagreement with each item on a seven point scale, ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree).…”

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Performance Appraisal Satisfaction and Counterproductive Behaviors: Direct and Moderating Effects

Aleassa¹

2014

IJBA

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In recent years, there is an increasing attention in counterproductive behaviors. We developed a model that explains the influence of performance appraisal satisfaction on counterproductive behaviors. Moreover, three moderators (exchange ideology, hostile attribution style, and fatalism) were incorporated in the model. The model was tested on a sample of bank employees. The results supported three out of four hypotheses of this study. As predicted, performance appraisal and counterproductive behaviors were negatively associated. Additionally, the results suggested that exchange ideology, hostile attribution, but not fatalism, moderated the direct effect of appraisal satisfaction on counterproductive behaviors. Lastly, limitations, implications, and recommendation for future studies are discussed.

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Death and Bereavement in Israel: Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Perspectives

Younes

2015

International and Cultural Psychology

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Beliefs in Reincarnation and the Power of Fate and Their Association With Emotional Outcomes Among Bereaved Parents of Fallen Soldiers

Cited by 12 publications

References 43 publications

Notq Arrives at the Clinic: How Druze Therapists Deal with the Cultural Phenomenon of Remembering and Talking about Previous Incarnation Among the Druze in Israel

Notq Arrives at the Clinic: How Druze Therapists Deal with the Cultural Phenomenon of Remembering and Talking about Previous Incarnation Among the Druze in Israel

Performance Appraisal Satisfaction and Counterproductive Behaviors: Direct and Moderating Effects

Death and Bereavement in Israel: Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Perspectives

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