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Title: "God was with me": A qualitative study of Christian meaning‐making among refugees.
Authors: Shannonhouse, Laura (AUTHOR), Dosal‐Terminel, Daniel (AUTHOR), Kwag, Daun (AUTHOR), Hall, M. Elizabeth Lewis (AUTHOR), Park, Crystal L. (AUTHOR), McMartin, Jason (AUTHOR), Silverman, Eric J. (AUTHOR), Aten, Jamie (AUTHOR), O'Connor, Mary Helen (AUTHOR), Kapic, Kelly (AUTHOR)
Source: Journal of Traumatic Stress. Feb2024, Vol. 37 Issue 1, p166-177. 12p.
Subjects: Jesus Christ, Refugees, God, Trust in God, Qualitative research, Religiousness
Abstract: In this consensual qualitative research study, we investigated the role of refugees' Christian faith in meaning‐making coping. High percentages of religiosity in refugee populations support the need to understand the role of religion in their coping processes. Interviews with 20 Christian refugees from 10 African and Asian countries revealed that participants drew heavily from their faith resources to cope with their experiences. Specifically, refugees reported coping practices that included trust in God, prayer, intimacy with God, spiritual surrender, lament, worship, and social support. Although many participants described spiritual struggles, including doubting God, feeling distant from God, and questioning God, most found meaning amid refugee‐related suffering and reported perspective shifts, a deepening of faith, seeing suffering as part of God's plan, experiencing a deepened sense of purpose, and growing in the likeness of Christ. Refugees also reported growth through suffering in the form of gratitude, altruism, testimony, and humility. Clinical implications include encouraging the use of religious resources for meaning‐making and supporting the resolution of spiritual struggles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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