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Psalms and Coping with Uncertainty: Religious Israeli Women's Responses to the 2006 Lebanon War

Sosis, Richard, Handwerker, W. Penn·2011·American Anthropologist
DOI 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2010.01305.x
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Many scholars have argued that rituals serve to help individuals cope with challenges that arise under uncertain conditions. Ongoing research has been examining this claim with data collected on how Israeli women use psalm recitation to cope with the stress of war and terror. Here we compare the efficacy of psalm recitation among religious women who remained in northern Israel during the 2006 Lebanon War and women who relocated to central Israel, out of reach of Hizbollah Katyusha attacks. We show that psalm recitation is associated with lower rates of anxiety among women who remained in the north, but no such relationship was found among women who relocated outside of the warzone. We argue that psalm recitation reduces anxiety caused by the uncontrollable conditions of war but is ineffective at combating more mundane, controllable stressors. These findings will be discussed in light of Malinowski's theory of magic and related models.

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Authors
Sosis, R., & Handwerker, W. P.
Affiliations
University of Connecticut (US)
Corresponding author
  • Sosis, Richard
  • Handwerker, W. Penn
ORCID
Sosis, Richard
Venue
American Anthropologist
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2011-02-15
Volume
113
Issue
1
Pages
40-55
ISSN
  • 0002-7294 (ISSN-L)
  • 1548-1433
DOI
10.1111/j.1548-1433.2010.01305.x
OpenAlex
W2132018863
Semantic Scholar
1f2fff6ddb6ec4fb112f2087760073ce757e85ae
Cited by
95
References
112
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FWCI
2.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
American Anthropologist (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
Keywords
religious women, 2006 Lebanon War, coping with uncertainty, anxiety, ritual, relocation, combat stress, magic, Bronislaw Malinowski, Israeli women

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