Positive effects of communal coping in the aftermath of a collective traumaThe case of the 2010 Chilean earhquake

  1. Wlodarczyk, Anna 12
  2. Basabe Barañano, Nekane 1
  3. Páez Rovira, Darío 12
  4. Amutio Careaga, Alberto 1
  5. García Martinez, Felipe E. 3
  6. Reyes Valenzuela, Carlos 4
  7. Villagrán, Loreto 5
  1. 1 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/000xsnr85

  2. 2 Universidad de Santiago de Chile
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    Universidad de Santiago de Chile

    Santiago de Chile, Chile

    ROR https://ror.org/02ma57s91

  3. 3 Universidad Santo Tomás
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    Universidad Santo Tomás

    Santiago de Chile, Chile

    ROR https://ror.org/02vbtzd72

  4. 4 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01cby8j38

  5. 5 Universidad San Sebastián
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    Universidad San Sebastián

    Concepción, Chile

    ROR https://ror.org/04jrwm652

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Journal:
European journal of education and psychology

ISSN: 1888-8992,  1989-2209

Year of publication: 2016

Volume: 9

Issue: 1

Pages: 9-19

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1016/J.EJEPS.2015.08.001 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

More publications in: European journal of education and psychology

Abstract

A cross-sectional study examines the relationship between participation in secular demonstrations, spiritual rituals, and communal coping, as well as the question whether these strategies might serve as triggers of post-traumatic growth, and enhance social well-being. A communal coping scale, showing satisfactory structural validity, was administered to a quasi-random sample (N = 517) of people affected by an earthquake in Chile in 2010. The results indicated that adaptive forms, such as communal reappraisal, regulated emotional expression, communal distraction, and communal searching for social support, were associated with social well-being (SWB) and post-traumatic growth (PTG). Participation in spiritual rituals was specifically related to communal reappraisal and contributed to post-traumatic growth. On the other hand, participation in secular collective gatherings also reinforced post-traumatic growth, as well as social well-being, but not through communal reappraisal. Overall, this study confirmed social functions of collective ritualized activities, which through the reinforcement of in-group interaction, foster individual post-traumatic growth and social well-being of people affected by a collective trauma, like an earthquake. Results are discussed in the framework of a collective positive psychology approach on micro- and macro-social processes of coping and their implications for social well-being.

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This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation under Grant PSI2011-26315; the University of the Basque Country under Grant IT-666-13, Grant US13/11 and Grant UFI 11/04; the Basque Goverments Ministry for Education, Linguistic Policy and Culture which awarded Anna Wlodarczyk a pre-doctoral grant for training in research type (AE) from the Research Personnel Improvement Programme (BFI 2011-17).

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