Citation

Laufer A, Solomon Z. J. Relig. Health 2011; 50(3): 687-699.

Affiliation

School of Behavioral Science, Natanya Academic College, 1 University St. Kiryat Yitzhak Rabin, 42365, Netanya, Israel, laufea@netanya.ac.il.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Academy of Religion and Mental Health, Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10943-009-9270-x

PMID

19672716

Abstract

This study examined the effect of religiosity on youth's posttraumatic symptoms resulting from exposure to terror. Participants consisted of 1,973 Israeli high school students. Objective and subjective exposure (fear) to terror were positively associated with posttraumatic symptoms. Intrinsic religiosity was negatively associated with posttraumatic symptoms and found to decrease the effects of objective exposure. Personal extrinsic orientation and social extrinsic orientation were positively associated with posttraumatic symptoms, having no mediating effect. Theoretical implications regarding religiosity as a coping mechanism in light of exposure to terror are discussed.

Language: en