Spirituality, Resilience and Vicarious Posttraumatic Growth Among Orthopedic Nurses in Nigeria

JohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji; Lawrence Chijioke Aluma; Peace Nnenna Ibeagha; John E Eze; Aaron Adibe Agbo; Rosemary Chizobam Muomah; Adebisi Victory Okere; Endurance Avah Zacchaeus

doi:10.1007/s10943-024-02167-5

Spirituality, Resilience and Vicarious Posttraumatic Growth Among Orthopedic Nurses in Nigeria

J Relig Health. 2024 Nov 4. doi: 10.1007/s10943-024-02167-5. Online ahead of print.

Authors

JohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji^{1

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4}, Lawrence Chijioke Aluma⁵, Peace Nnenna Ibeagha⁵, John E Eze⁵, Aaron Adibe Agbo⁵, Rosemary Chizobam Muomah⁶, Adebisi Victory Okere⁷, Endurance Avah Zacchaeus⁸

Affiliations

¹ CS Mott Department of Public Health, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Flint, MI, USA. [email protected].
² Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 41000, Enugu State, Nigeria. [email protected].
³ IVAN Research Institute, University of Nigeria, Enugu, Nigeria. [email protected].
⁴ Department of Psychology, Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria. [email protected].
⁵ Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 41000, Enugu State, Nigeria.
⁶ Department of Psychological Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu, Nigeria.
⁷ Department of Psychology, Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁸ Department of Psychology, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria.

PMID: 39495386
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-024-02167-5

Abstract

We examined whether the salutogenic nature of resilience is the pathway of association, as well as a moderating factor, between spirituality and vicarious posttraumatic growth (VPTG). Two hundred Nigerian orthopedic nurses completed the Resilience Scale (RS-14), Spiritual Involvement and Belief Scale-Revised (SIBS-R), and Posttraumatic Growth Inventory-Short Form (PTGI-SF). We found that greater spirituality and resilience were directly associated with high VPTG. Resilience helped to explain (mediated) the relationship between spirituality and VPT such that spirituality was linked to VPTG by virtue of high resilience. Moderation analysis indicated that resilience was most robustly associated with increased VPTG for nurses with high spirituality compared to those with moderate and low levels of spirituality. Findings may be relevant in integrative/complementary approaches to trauma work.

Keywords: Nursing; Resilience; Spirituality; Trauma; Wellbeing.