Coping  This article explores how older adults prepared for and coped with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It identifies two categories, coping with daily hassles after Hurricane Katrina and coping with the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, to explain what and how older adults managed life following the storm and flooding and how they engaged in […]

Shattered Assumptions   This article reviews the qualitative research regarding religion/spirituality and bereavement to examine the complicated interplay of religion/spirituality and meaning in times of stress. It argues that bereavement is a significant stressor with the potential to ‘shatter assumptions’ about the benevolence and meaningfulness of the world and one’s place in it.  Assimilating Loss   This

Coping  This article argues that spiritual and religious beliefs can impact individuals’ ability to cope with traumatic events.   Narrative building   Religious beliefs can help people cope with traumatic events through aiding them to build narratives based on health perspectives which may facilitate the integration of traumatic sensorial fragments in a new cognitive synthesis, helping to

Religious coping, health and adjustment  This classic study attempts to identify positive and negative patterns of religious coping methods, develop a brief measure of these religious coping patterns and examine their implications for health and adjustment.  Positive religious coping   This study based in United States finds that religious coping can promote forgiveness, seeking spiritual support,