Schiff Miriam
Hebrew University Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Soc Sci Med. 2006 May;62(9):2301-12. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.10.016. Epub 2005 Nov 15.
This study examines the effects of prolonged exposure to terrorism in 600 religious and non-religious Jewish adolescents living in Jerusalem, particularly post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms, depressive symptoms, alcohol use, coping strategies and social support. The youth in Jerusalem reported high exposure to terrorist acts. This exposure was associated with high PTS, depressive symptoms and alcohol use. Despite an apparently greater exposure to terrorism, religious adolescents reported lower levels of PTS and alcohol consumption, but similar levels of depressive symptoms to non-religious adolescents. Problem-solving coping predicted higher depressive symptoms for religious adolescents exposed to terrorism but not for similarly exposed non-religious adolescents. In contrast, emotion-focused coping predicted more alcohol consumption among highly exposed non-religious adolescents, while emotion-focused coping predicted more alcohol consumption among religious adolescents with low exposure. The overall findings suggest that religiosity may buffer the negative consequences of exposure in other ways than through coping or support.
本研究调查了耶路撒冷600名犹太青少年（包括信教和不信教的）长期遭受恐怖主义影响的情况，尤其关注创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）症状、抑郁症状、饮酒情况、应对策略和社会支持。耶路撒冷的青少年报告称遭受恐怖袭击的经历较多。这种经历与较高的创伤后应激障碍、抑郁症状和饮酒情况相关。尽管宗教青少年遭受恐怖主义影响的程度似乎更高，但他们报告的创伤后应激障碍水平和饮酒量较低，不过抑郁症状水平与非宗教青少年相似。解决问题的应对方式预示着遭受恐怖主义影响的宗教青少年有更高的抑郁症状，但对于遭受类似影响的非宗教青少年则不然。相反，情绪聚焦应对方式预示着遭受高度影响的非宗教青少年饮酒量更多，而情绪聚焦应对方式预示着遭受低度影响的宗教青少年饮酒量更多。总体研究结果表明，宗教信仰可能通过不同于应对方式或社会支持的其他方式来缓冲遭受恐怖主义影响带来的负面后果。
