Do religious habits and coping help in the immediate aftermath of a crisis? Relations with Hurricane Katrina evacuees' acute stress symptoms and functional impairment.

At least in this sample at the height of disruption following a disaster, little evidence of salutary effects of religiousness were observed. It may be that such effects take time to emerge as people begin their recovery processes or that not all groups find help through their religious coping resources. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).