Spiritual Meaning Making and Trauma Recovery: Evaluation of a Psycho-social Intervention for Earthquake Survivors in Turkey

JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH, sa.1, ss.1-111, 2024 (AHCI)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Basım Tarihi: 2024
Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10943-024-02183-5
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, Periodicals Index Online, ATLA Religion Database, CINAHL, Index Islamicus, Psycinfo
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-111
Anahtar Kelimeler: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Spiritually oriented logotherapy, Psycho-social support, Earthquake victims, Meaning focussed healing
Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

This study sets out to develop a psycho-social model for assessing the efectiveness

of spiritually oriented logotherapy for earthquake victims with PTSD following the

6 February 2023, Kahramanmaraş earthquake in Turkey. The fndings of this study

will undoubtedly contribute to the development of post-disaster spiritual support

services. We developed and implemented a six-week "Psycho-Social Training Programme

through Spiritually Oriented Meaning" in the cities of Malatya, Elazığ and

Kahramanmaraş, which were signifcantly afected by the earthquake. A randomised

controlled trial (RCT) design was used, with participants randomly assigned to

either the intervention group or the control group. Pre-test and post-test assessments

were conducted to evaluate the programme’s impact. The fndings were clear: the

programme signifcantly reduced PTSD symptoms (p<.05), proving the efectiveness

of a meaning-oriented approach in the survivors’ healing process. Additionally,

the programme made a positive contribution to spiritual support services and

provided a model to meet post-disaster psychological needs. This programme demonstrated

its potential as an efective method for addressing PTSD and enhancing

spiritual recovery in earthquake survivors.