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Over 50% of people experience a traumatic event during their lifetimes (Del, Kevin, Scotti, & Chen, 2006). These traumas may include, rape, a car accident, diagnosis of a chronic illness or military combat (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004). The trauma may have no impact on the individu…

The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to examine how displaced Latinas coped with unemployment using their religion or spirituality (RS) to attain posttraumatic growth (PTG) using Fowler’s faith development theory. This study contributed to the limited literature on …