Religious meaning making and attachment in a disaster context: A longitudinal qualitative study of flood survivors

Religious meaning making and attachment in a disaster context : A longitudinal qualitative study of flood survivors

The goal of this longitudinal qualitative study was to develop a grounded theory of religious meaning making and attachment in a disaster context. At 1-month (T1; n = 36) and 6-months postdisaster (T2; n = 29), we conducted in-depth interviews with a highly religious sample of adult survivors of the 2016 Louisiana flood, using a disaster-adapted version of the Religious Attachment Interview. We utilized Corbin and Strauss's grounded-theory approach for data analysis. At both timepoints, results revealed that survivors who were theistic believers engaged in postdisaster religious meaning making in which they drew on benevolent God representations and theodicies to appraise the disaster's cause, purpose, and religious-attachment effects, thereby contributing to positive religious-attachment outcomes (religious meanings made; e.g. renewed beliefs and experiences of God's benevolence and providence). Findings are discussed in terms of theories and research on disasters, meaning making, and religious attachment, including implications for research and practice.

Kimball, Cynthia N. (author)
Aten, Jamie D. (author)
Andrews, Benjamin (author)
Van Tongeren, Daryl R. (author)
Hook, Joshua N. (author)
Davis, Don E. (author)
Granqvist, PehrStockholms universitet,Personlighets-, social- och utvecklingspsykologi(Swepub:su)pgran (author)
Park, Crystal L. (author)
Stockholms universitetPersonlighets-, social- och utvecklingspsykologi (creator_code:org_t)

In:Journal of Positive Psychology: Informa UK Limited14:5, s. 659-6711743-97601743-9779

By the author/editor: Davis, Edward B.; Kimball, Cynthia ...; Aten, Jamie D.; Andrews, Benjami ...; Van Tongeren, Da ...; Hook, Joshua N.; show more...; Davis, Don E.; Granqvist, Pehr; Park, Crystal L.; show less...

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