Resource Loss and Stress Outcomes in a Setting of Chronic Conflict: The Conservation of Resources Theory in the Eastern Congo.

Autor: Snyder JD; School of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, USA., Boan D; World Evangelical Alliance, New York, New York, USA., Aten JD; Humanitarian Disaster Institute, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, USA., Davis EB; School of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, USA., Van Grinsven L; Humanitarian Disaster Institute, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, USA., Liu T; School of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, USA., Worthington EL Jr; Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of traumatic stress [J Trauma Stress] 2020 Jun; Vol. 33 (3), pp. 227-237. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Sep 25.
DOI: 10.1002/jts.22448
Abstrakt: The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine conservation of resources (COR) theory in the context of armed conflict in Africa. Specifically, within the setting of ongoing chronic conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), we tested the COR theory prediction that resource loss contributes to various stress outcomes. A randomly selected sample of 312 adults (125 men, 187 women) from villages in North Kivu, DRC completed orally administered measures of resource loss, daily stressors, and four stress outcomes: depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms, posttraumatic distress, and general distress. Consistent with COR theory, resource loss predicted all four stress outcomes above and beyond the contribution of demographics, relocation experiences, and daily stressors; however, this effect was small, ΔR 2 = .02-.06. The most consistent and strongest predictors of stress outcomes were daily stressors, βs = .42-.62; number of relocation experiences, βs = .33-.43; and psychosocial resource loss (e.g., loss of hope, meaning or purpose in life, intimacy with friends and family, physical health of family), βs = .17-.26. Additionally, male sex predicted depression, anxiety, and trauma symptoms, and lower educational status predicted anxiety symptoms and general distress. Our exploratory mediation analysis showed that daily stressors partially mediated all four pairs of associations between psychosocial resource loss and mental health outcomes. We discuss the findings with consideration of research on disasters generally and armed conflicts specifically. We also discuss implications for humanitarian interventions with conflict-affected populations in Africa and beyond.
(© 2019 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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