1Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, Email id: zainabqamar18@yahoo.com
2Professor, Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, Email id: profakbar6@gmail.com
Online published on 10 April, 2019.
Post-traumatic growth refers to a process of self-exploration and self-discovery that will help you overcome the unfortunate events that have shattered your inner universe. This paper investigates how spirituality and hope predict post-traumatic growth in survivors of a natural disaster. A total of 300 adults who were present in Kashmir at the time of 2014 flood completed self-reported questionnaires after the disaster. Spirituality questionnaire, Hope scale and Posttraumatic growth inventory were administered to the participants to collect the data. The participants reported symptoms of Hope, Spirituality and Posttraumatic growth. Hope and spirituality were found to be positively associated with post-traumatic growth after a natural disaster. The result shows that spirituality is positively related to post-traumatic growth. Hope was significantly related to post traumatic growth.
Post traumatic Growth is positively related to Spirituality and Hope after natural disaster.
Natural Disaster, Post-traumatic. Growth, Hope, Spirituality, Correlation
