With the aging process, elderly living at home need the support of their entourage and specifically a family caregiver whose role is not without consequences on his own health. Empirical studies have shown that some caregivers are resilient; they adapt to this situation and purs…
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Background: Combat-related posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), with or without a diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can negatively impact soldiers and their families. PTSS has been linked to increased domestic violence, divorce and soldier suicides, yet few stud…
The West-Negev settlements in the State of Israel, which are settlements that surround the Gaza Strip, are experiencing the firing of rockets and mortar shells by Palestinian terror organizations, since the year 2001. A study of prolonged exposure to terror in the West-Negev set…
A natural gas pipeline exploded in a residential neighborhood in Western United States. The purpose of this study was to explore the role of resilience in the aftermath of this disaster. Traditionally, disaster literature has focused on the negative impacts of disasters, emphasi…
Meaning-making coping is an essential process for recovery from combat trauma. The meanings that combat veterans make after combat trauma, the meaning-based processes they utilize, and the social interactions they experience have not been compared across outcomes. This study was…
This qualitative phenomenological study investigated Akan widows' lived experiences of widowhood, widowhood rites, violations against their property rights and the protective resources they employ to survive. The dissertation also explored how the widows make meaning out of thei…
Religious identity, self-concept, and resilience are considered the three main components that contribute to adolescents' life developmental tasks. The purpose of the current study is to examine the effect of psycho-educational group intervention on religious identity, self-conc…
Beginning with the insight that highly-centralized state structures have historically provided a unifying target and fulcrum for the mobilization of contentious nationwide social movements, this dissertation investigates the hypothesis that decentralized state structures in auth…
This dissertation is a qualitative case study investigating a series of Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) funded post 9/11 dialogues. The case study is intended to be both descriptive and theory-building, providing empirically-grounded insights into what occurred d…
Afghan women who have immigrated to the United States have often been exposed to violence and other war-related traumas. This qualitative research explores some of these experiences and examines the behaviors that eight Afghan women engaged in to support the mental health of the…
The purpose of this study was to explore the cultural and contextual resilience mechanisms operating in the lives of Sudanese refugees living in Virginia. A convenience and snowball sampling of 10 Sudanese refugees (1 female, 9 male) living in Virginia were selected to participa…
This study explores the relationship between resilience and culture in the case of political violence in Israel. Unstructured interviews were conducted with 10 Israeli Jewish young adults living in the United States. The research was approached from a social constructionist view…
The increasing civilian toll associated with armed conflict has led to a mounting humanitarian crisis. Young people make up an growing proportion of these civilians, and occupy a particularly vulnerable transitional stage between childhood and adulthood. It is of paramount conce…
Having a secure attachment to God may act as a buffer against stress. Secure attachment to God has been positively associated with adaptive outcomes following stress, such as higher levels of stress-related growth and fewer maladaptive symptoms including depression, prolonged gr…
As an individual grows up, getting along with others becomes crucial. As time goes by, many seek the approval of their peers. By the time individuals reach high school, many have found their own clique they feel they belong in. Those that do not have these perceived social suppo…
This research explored how Arab American couples found the strength and resilience that empowered them to overcome the terrorist attacks of September 11th and the aftereffects that followed. Utilizing a family resiliency model grounded in systems theory and social constructionis…
Recent research in the area of violence and resilience has focused on the psychological effects associated with witnessing and experiencing chronic violence in urban cities, more specifically examining the impact of witnessing and experiencing violence on adolescents. These stud…
Socially responsible investments (SRIs) represent an opportunity to generate capital for positive social change for all sectors of society. The purpose of this study was to quantitatively examine if SRIs offer a more sustainable and resilient investment than non-SRI market index…
This dissertation is comprised of three qualitative studies that look at a number of urban processes in M'Bour, Senegal through three separate theoretical lenses. Urban agriculture (UA) serves as the entry point to, and framework for, the inquiry. The diverse approaches are held…