5/27/2023 0 Comments Burak bulut thesisThe quantitative study aimed to identify factors associated with psychological resilience as defined by low levels of PTS and high levels of resilience as measured by stress-coping ability in a sample of 360 survivors. Analyses revealed that belief in God/religiousness, economic resources, social networks/relationships, health, and positive personality characteristics were the most pronounced factors that were perceived by survivors as associated with resilience. In the qualitative study, 51 earthquake survivors in Van were interviewed in order to explore perceptions of psychological resilience. This study utilized mixed-methods research design in which the qualitative and quantitative strands were conducted sequentially to explore psychological resilience in a deeper and broader sense. The present study aimed to investigate psychological resilience in the survivors of the two destructive earthquakes in Van, Turkey in 2011 causing more than 600 casualties. However, in recent years, the field of trauma studies has fuelled interest in positive changes following adversity including growth and resilience. They may evoke negative outcomes in exposed individuals including posttraumatic stress (PTS) reactions. Traumatic events including disasters may result in a wide range of psychological consequences in adults. Exposure to natural disasters is common, with millions of people affected annually.
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