Citation

Hong BA, Pollio DE, Pollio EW, Sims OT, Pedrazine A, North CS. J. Relig. Health 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Academy of Religion and Mental Health, Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10943-019-00785-y

PMID

30825031

Abstract

This study examined religious and spiritual aspects of disaster experience among 379 survivors of the 9/11 attacks on New York City's World Trade Center. Interviews conducted 35 months after the disaster provided structured diagnostic assessments of psychiatric disorders and specific detail of demographic characteristics, experience of the disaster, and variables related to religion and spirituality. The study participants overwhelmingly identified with a specific religion. The disaster appeared to have only modest effects on strength and importance of religion/spirituality, and changes were predominantly positive. Specific religions and faith groups differed in their disaster experience in important ways.

Language: en

Keywords

9/11 attacks; Coping; Disaster; Religion