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Active coping as a bridge between family resilience and posttraumatic growth in Arab adolescents and youth exposed to war

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  • Khoury, Siwar Makhoul
  • Alnabilsy, Raghda
  • Mordi, Hanin

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This study examined the developmental processes linking family resilience, coping strategies, and Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) among Arab adolescents and emerging adults living under chronic political violence and minority stress in Israel. Participants were 174 Arab youth (ages 12–28; 76.4% female) who completed an Arabic-language survey during ongoing hostilities. Measures included a shortened Family Resilience Assessment Scale (FRAS-12), the short COPE inventory yielding problem- and emotion-focused indices, and the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory–Short Form (PTGISF). Correlational analyses revealed that family resilience was positively associated with both coping indices and PTG; however, only problem-focused coping was significantly linked to PTG. Mediation analysis (PROCESS Model 4, 5,000 bootstraps) indicated that problem-focused coping fully mediated the association between family resilience and PTG, controlling for religion and religiosity. These findings suggest that active, problem-focused coping serves as a developmental mechanism through which family-level strengths are translated into growth among Arab adolescents and youth facing continuous traumatic stress. The results underscore the importance of culturally grounded, family-centered interventions that enhance problem-solving and meaningmaking capacities within collectivist and conflict-affected minority contexts.

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  • Khoury, Siwar Makhoul & Alnabilsy, Raghda & Mordi, Hanin, 2026. "Active coping as a bridge between family resilience and posttraumatic growth in Arab adolescents and youth exposed to war," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 186(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:186:y:2026:i:c:s0190740926002288
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2026.108975
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