Collectivist Bosnian war survivors reported less distress than individualist ones

Evidence

Muslim Bosnian women who endorsed more col­ lectivist values and viewed their ethnic and religious identities as definining them more centrally reported less stress, depression, and anxiety overall than did women who endorsed more individualistic values (Mesquita & Oyserman, 1996). Moreover, family members’ negative wartime experiences had greater impact on women who endorsed collectivist values. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 1034

Categorization

• XREF: Builds on ch13’s claim that psychological needs can override material ones; this is empirical evidence that a group frame buffers stress. — connects to: Survivors of trauma feel that suffering is not depression and return to life hurts. — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 4157

Broader Connections

• Survivors of trauma feel that suffering is not depression and return to life hurts. #expands (0.75) — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 4157