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Tiffany Junchen Tao1,2, Crystal Jingru Li1,3, Huinan Liu1,4
1Centre for Psychosocial Health, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Abstract:
Natural disasters threaten population mental health. Acceptance, denoting recognition and assent of the finality of a situation, is a coping strategy that has been recommended following major disasters. This study investigates this topic for which existing findings are mixed. A survey was administered among a population-representative Turkish national sample (N = 7585) recruited through the internet panel of TGM Research (September-October 2023). We examined how acceptance and its interaction with cognitive integration (i.e., finding sense in a stressful event and finding significance in life after the event) were associated with common psychiatric symptoms. Respondents with high acceptance showed higher symptoms of anxiety, depression and PTSD. These associations were stronger when respondents also reported low perceived significance in life after the event. In the post-disaster phase, the adaptiveness of acceptance could interplay with other factors, such as how much an individual finds significance in life following the disaster.
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