Spirituality as a source of the individual resilience: results of the psychological study

The article offers an analysis of the consequences of the 1992 Ossetian-Ingush conflict conducted by a professional psychologist. The study involved 32 people, the relatives of those who became lost during this conflict. The object of analysis is the post traumatic growth, which was quantified on the basis of the questionnaire designed by R. G. Tеdeschi and L. G. Calhoun and adapted to the local circumstances by M. Sh. Magomed-Eminova. For in-depth interviews was used the questionnaire designed by the present author (R. Ganieva). It comprises 50 closed and open questions that imply two types of information: objective (e.g. date of birth, health, education, profession, etc.) and subjective (e.g. the level of satisfaction with life, self-identification as an individual who lives in this world, identifying what actually does mean a human life, the value of one’s life, perception of religion and self-identification within its framework, learning from positive experience, participation level in the work of the Committee, which helps to search after missing people, etc.). The in-depth interviews with relatives of those who has gone missing during the events of autumn1992 inthe Prigorodny district and the city ofVladikavkazdeal with the spiritual changes of an individual. These changes are considered to be an important component of post-traumatic growth as found among the relatives of the missing people. Analysis of the results gained has revealed that the majority of respondents (59 %) showed a high level of post-traumatic growth and demonstrated a high level of post-traumatic wisdom. Simultaneously, it was found that the acquisition and realization of the meaning of life is always associated with the outer world, as well as with the creative activity of a person, his/her subject parameters and achievements. An evaluation of the interview showed that the categories of faith and spirituality were crucial for the person’s post-traumatic growth, These categories were instrumental in maintaining psychological stability in a difficult life situation. 

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