ArticlePsychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy2022
The role of social connectedness in buffering the effects of discrimination on post-trauma cognitions in forcibly displaced Muslims.
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- A systematic review of how social connectedness influences associations between racism and discrimination on health outcomes.Epidemiologic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Review of Muslim Patient Needs and Its Implications on Healthcare Delivery.Journal of primary care & community healthPooled it
- Examining the Impact of Social Connectedness on Depression and Suicide Ideation Among Black Youth Experiencing Discrimination: A Path Analysis.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Mechanisms of risk and resilience among war-affected adolescents in Gaza: the mediating role of posttraumatic stress and the moderating role of prosocial behavior.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Associations between amygdala connectivity and experienced discrimination in children.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Trauma exposure as a predictor of general health outcomes and trauma-related beliefs among older adults living in an adverse environment.Aging & mental health · 2025Article
- Perceived Need for a Faith-Based Trauma-Focused Treatment in a Sample of Forcibly Displaced Muslims.Cogent mental health · 2024Article
- Early Adverse Childhood Experiences and Positive Functioning during Adolescence.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2023Article
- Religious coping, perceived discrimination, and posttraumatic growth in an international sample of forcibly displaced Muslims.Mental health, religion & culture · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionAmong trauma-exposed, forcibly displaced Muslims, very little is known about how social connectedness, or perceived interpersonal connection and belonging, may alter the relationship between discrimination and negative posttraumatic cognitions. Discrimination may aggravate trauma psychopathology (Helms et al., 2010); however, social connectedness may buffer its negative effects (Juang & Alvarez, 2010).
objectiveWe examined whether higher religious and racial/ethnic discrimination would be associated with stronger negative posttraumatic cognitions and whether stronger social connectedness may adaptively buffer this relationship.
methodTrauma exposed individuals (N = 99) who identified as Muslim and as a refugee, asylum seeker, or internally displaced person participated in the study. Measures of discrimination, social connection, and posttraumatic cognitions were completed.
resultsHigher discrimination was moderately associated with stronger negative trauma-related cognitions (r = .40, p < .001) and with lower social connectedness (r = -.32, p = .001). Social connectedness moderated the relationship between discrimination and posttraumatic cognitions, such that at lower levels of social connectedness there was a stronger relationship between discrimination and posttraumatic cognitions (-2SD: b = .32, -1SD: b = .23, M: b = .14), this was not present at higher levels of social connectedness.
conclusionsConnectedness to one's minority group may be an important protective factor by modulating the effects of discrimination on posttrauma adjustment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
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