
Covid-19 : trauma, resilience and posttraumatic reconnection : a mixed method study in saudi arabia
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Source
The Arab Journal of Educational and Psychological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 5, Issue 23 (31 Oct. 2021), pp.565-598, 34 p.
Publisher
The Arab Institution for Education Science and Art
Publication Date
2021-10-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
34
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Topics
Abstract EN
The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted people's mental health around the globe.
Symptoms of trauma have increased drastically due to a perceived lack of control over the COVID-19 crisis, expectations of death or infection, and constant exposure to traumatic news.
Resilience is defined as a person's use of coping skills to cope with traumatic events.
The present research aimed to investigate the impact of resilience on COVID-19 trauma.
An explanatory sequential design with mixed methods and two phases of research was employed.
The first phase involved the use of the Arabic version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) to measure resilience among adults.
The total sample size was 778 participants.
T tests and correlation analysis were used to analyze the participants' questionnaire responses.
The results showed a significant difference in resilience between male and female participants.
Additionally, educational level and familial support were correlated with resilience.
The second phase involved the administration of open-ended questions to gather in-depth information from 17 participants who answered the CD-RISC.
Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) was used in the coding process to analyze the qualitative data.
The findings indicated that the COVID-19 crisis increased trauma symptoms and that participants exhibited cognitive, emotional, and behavioral resilience in coping with the pandemic.
Moreover, a significant finding was that participants engaged in posttraumatic reconnection that emphasized reconnection with the self and others.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Ghamidi, Fatimah Samir. 2021. Covid-19 : trauma, resilience and posttraumatic reconnection : a mixed method study in saudi arabia. The Arab Journal of Educational and Psychological Sciences،Vol. 5, no. 23, pp.565-598.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1273688
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Ghamidi, Fatimah Samir. Covid-19 : trauma, resilience and posttraumatic reconnection : a mixed method study in saudi arabia. The Arab Journal of Educational and Psychological Sciences Vol. 5, no. 23 (Oct. 2021), pp.565-598.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1273688
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Ghamidi, Fatimah Samir. Covid-19 : trauma, resilience and posttraumatic reconnection : a mixed method study in saudi arabia. The Arab Journal of Educational and Psychological Sciences. 2021. Vol. 5, no. 23, pp.565-598.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1273688
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 593-598
Record ID
BIM-1273688