@article{ref1,
title="War and disaster in Sri Lanka: implications for widows' family adjustment and perception of self-efficacy in caring for one's family",
journal="International journal of psychology",
year="2016",
author="Witting, Alyssa Banford and Lambert, Jessica and Wickrama, Thulitha",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The data for this study were collected in 2014 from widows in Eastern Sri Lanka whose spouses died in the civil war, tsunami, or from health-related problems. Conservation of resources (COR) theory was used as a lens to examine the extent to which war and tsunami-related damages and family problems predict variation in social support, family adjustment and a perception of self-efficacy in caring for one's family as reported by widowed women. We also investigated whether social support from the community and social support from family and friends mediated those relationships. <br><br>RESULTS of a path model fit to the data suggested variation in family adjustment to be negatively predicted by war-related family problems and positively predicted by the social support of friends and family. Additionally, a sense of self-efficacy in caring for one's family was found to be inversely predicted by war-related family problems and tsunami damages. Clinical, social and theoretical implications are discussed as well as directions for further research.<br><br>© 2016 International Union of Psychological Science.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-7594",
doi="10.1002/ijop.12407",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12407"
}