Negative situation appraisal and mental well‐being among refugees in Germany: Serial mediation by religious coping and sense of coherence
| Published date | 01 August 2023 |
| Author | Sebastian Binyamin Skalski‐Bednarz,Karol Konaszewski,Jolanta Muszyńska,Kathrin Maier,Janusz Surzykiewicz |
| Date | 01 August 2023 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13087 |
1Faculty of Education, Cardinal Stefan
Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Warsaw,
Poland
2Faculty of Philosophy and Education, Catholic
University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt,
Germany
3Faculty of Education, University of Bialystok,
Białystok, Poland
4Department of Educational Psychology in
Social Work Munich, Catholic University of
Applied Sciences Munich, Munich, Germany
Correspondence
Sebastian Binyamin Skalski-Bednarz, Faculty
of Education, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński
University in Warsaw, 1/3 Wóycickiego
(building no. 15) 01-938, Warsaw, Poland.
Email: s.skalski@uksw.edu.pl
Abstract
It has been widely demonstrated that pre- and post-migration
experiences can be highly traumatic for refugees. The
purpose of this study was to assess the mediating effects
of religious coping and sense of coherence on the associa-
tion of negative dysfunctional situation appraisal and mental
well-being among refugees. Paper surveys were completed
by 600 people representing various refugee groups (mostly
from Mashreq Countries) in German Bavaria, aged 18–65.
Mediation analysis revealed that negative religious coping
and sense of coherence singly and serially mediated the rela-
tionship between negative dysfunctional situation appraisal
and well-being, whereas positive religious coping did not
have statistically significant relationships with these varia-
bles. The data obtained suggest that the negative religious
coping style and sense of coherence are two important
targets for future experimental studies, and interventions on
them may bring the synergistic effect on improving mental
well-being in refugees.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Negative situation appraisal and mental well-being
among refugees in Germany: Serial mediation by
religious coping and sense of coherence
Sebastian Binyamin Skalski-Bednarz1,2 | Karol Konaszewski3 |
Jolanta Muszyńska3 | Kathrin Maier4 | Janusz Surzykiewicz1,2
DOI: 10.1111/imig.13087
Received: 13 April 2022 Revised: 22 October 2022 Accepted: 30 October 2022
INTRODUCTION
Refugees are people who, for reasons beyond their control (e.g. war, persecution), leave their country of origin and
seek a safe haven to continue living. Both leaving one's homeland and being displaced are highly traumatic and stress-
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© 2023 The Authors. International Migration published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Organization for Migration.
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