The Meaning as a Buffer Hypothesis: Spiritual Meaning Attenuates the Effect of Disaster-Related Resource Loss on Posttraumatic Stress
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DOI: 10.1037/rel0000098
Abstract: Religious and spiritual beliefs serve a number of functions, including promoting mental health in the wake of negative life events. We explore the “meaning as a buffer” hypothesis, which posits that (spiritual) meaning will shield… read more here.
Keywords: resource loss; posttraumatic stress; meaning; spiritual meaning ... See more keywords
Violent Assault on a Chinese Man: COVID-19 Psychosocial Resource Loss Diminishes Right Wing Authoritarianism Variability in Societal Reactions
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DOI: 10.1177/08862605221123301
Abstract: We examined whether prejudice-related personality characteristics (i.e., right wing authoritarianism [RWA]) and COVID-19–driven psychological resource loss might predict perpetrator-directed punitive responding (i.e., support for criminal charges) to a COVID-19–related attack on a Chinese victim by… read more here.
Keywords: psychosocial resource; rwa; loss; right wing ... See more keywords