Studying the Relationship of Posttraumatic Growth With Religious Coping and Social Support Among Earthquake Victims of Bam

Abstract

Background: One of the topics in health psychology is the positive effects of psychological trauma on people encountered a trauma and determining the facilitating factors of these positive effects. The present study was conducted to evaluate the relationship of posttraumatic growth with religious coping and social support among earthquake victims of Bam City, Iran, in 2015. Materials and Methods: The present study was a correlation study in which 230 participants from Bam were selected using cluster sampling method. The relevant data were collected using Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), Religious Coping Scale (RCOPE), and Multiple Scale of Social Support (MSPSS). Then the obtained data were analyzed in SPSS performing central tendency and dispersion tests, t test, variance analysis and correlation coefficients. Results: The total Mean±SD scores of posttraumatic growth, religious coping, and perceived social support were 3.66±0.61, 3.53±0.54 and 5.37±1.24, respectively. There was a significant positive correlation between the total scores of posttraumatic growth and religious coping (P=0.0001, r=0.43). Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, improving religious coping and perceived social support could increase posttraumatic growth and provide better conditions for living and decreasing society's problems.

Posttraumatic growth and its relationship with posttraumatic stress symptoms following wildfires: A longitudinal study.

“…Many studies report a positive relationship between social support and PTG among victims of natural disasters (Azizzadeh Forouzi et al, 2018; Sattler et al, 2014; Su et al, 2020), but the influence of social support on the relationship between PTG and PTSD has been little studied. A study from Zeligman et al (2020) conducted with 300 students who experienced PTSD symptoms during the fourth year of a drought in Botswana found a positive association between social support and PTG, but also that social support did not moderate the relationship between PTSD symptoms and PTG.…”