Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Bosson, Julia Vigna
Author's Email Address	julia.v.bosson@gmail.com
URN	etd-07202011-173312
Title	Growth after the Storm: Cognitive Processing and Social Support as Mediators of the Relation between Religious Coping and Posttraumatic Growth in Hurricane-Affected Women
Degree	Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Department	Psychology
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Kelley, Mary Lou Committee Chair Cohen, Alex Committee Member Gouvier, Wm. Drew Committee Member Gresham, Frank Committee Member Arai, Paula Dean's Representative
Keywords	posttraumatic growth Hurricane Katrina cognitive processing
Date of Defense	2010-05-04
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Although many studies have detailed the maladies imposed by Hurricane Katrina, little work has examined potential benefits gleaned in the wake of the storm. Posttraumatic growth, a construct receiving increased attention in the literature, describes personal betterment or development following a traumatic event in areas such as perceived changes in self, a changed sense of relations with others, and a changed philosophy of life. Researchers have demonstrated a relation between posttraumatic growth and varying factors, including religious coping. The current study established a relation between religious coping and posttraumatic growth in a sample of hurricane-exposed women in Southeastern Louisiana and attempted to identify mediators of that relation. Results indicated that social support was not related to religious coping or posttraumatic growth and therefore did not mediate the relation between the two. However, in the final model, cognitive processing fully mediated the relation between religious coping and posttraumatic growth, such that religious coping would have no effect on posttraumatic growth were it not for its relation to cognitive processing.
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