{"id":424993,"date":"2026-08-21T00:38:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/?post_type=tnc_col_19631_item&#038;p=424993"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:17:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:17:03","slug":"exploring-mental-health-professionals-experience-in-interacting-with-adults-with-intellectual-disability-in-macau","status":"publish","type":"tnc_col_19631_item","link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/student-thesis-dissertation\/exploring-mental-health-professionals-experience-in-interacting-with-adults-with-intellectual-disability-in-macau\/","title":{"rendered":"EXPLORING MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS\u2019 EXPERIENCE IN INTERACTING WITH ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY IN MACAU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE RESEARCHER AIMS TO UNDERSTAND HOW CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN\u00a0 EAST TIMOR COPE WITH AND RECOVER FROM TRAUMA ARISING FROM WAR, VIOLENCE, AND CONFLICT.\u00a0 THE RESEARCH SEEKS TO IDENTIFY CRITICAL SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS COPING MECHANISMS AS\u00a0 PRESENT IN EAST TIMOR (TIMOR LESTE) THAT COULD HELP VICTIMS HEAL AND RECONSTRUCT THEIR\u00a0 LIVES AFTER A WAR TRAUMA EXPERIENCE.\u00a0 THE STUDY USES A MIXED METHOD, FIRST DEPLOYING A QUANTITATIVE INVESTIGATION OF\u00a0 CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN EAST TIMOR. THE QUESTIONNAIRE AIMSTO UNDERSTAND\u00a0 HOW RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY FEATURE IN INDIVIDUALS&#8217; COPING WITH TRAUMA AND THE HEALING\u00a0 PRACTICES PRESCRIBED OR ENCOURAGED BY RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND PRACTICES. IN ADDITION,\u00a0 A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH AND THEMATIC ANALYSES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED AND ADDED WITH THE\u00a0 FACILITATION OF 6 INTERVIEWEES, 3 MUSLIMS, AND 3 CHRISTIANS.\u00a0 THIS STUDY AIMED TO INVESTIGATE TRAUMA LEVELS AND RELIGIOUS COPING STRATEGIES\u00a0 AMONG PARTICIPANTS FROM EAST TIMOR. THE QUANTITATIVE FINDINGS INDICATED THAT THE\u00a0 PARTICIPANTS EXPERIENCED A MODERATE LEVEL OF TRAUMA, WITH TROUBLE SLEEPING BEING THE\u00a0 MOST SIGNIFICANT SYMPTOM. THE QUALITATIVE FINDINGS REVEALED IN SOME PARTICIPANTS A HIGH\u00a0 LEVEL OF TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES. RECURRENT THOUGHTS OF TRAUMATIC EVENTS AND FEELING\u00a0 JUMPY WERE ALSO PREVALENT. HOWEVER, FEELING STRANGE AROUND PEOPLE OR OBJECTS AND\u00a0 FEELING PERSONALLY DAMAGED BY THE TRAUMA WERE LESS COMMON. REGARDING COPING\u00a0 STRATEGIES, PARTICIPANTS TENDED TO RELY ON POSITIVE RELIGIOUS COPING, SEEKING A STRONGER\u00a0 VIII CONNECTION WITH GOD, FINDING COMFORT IN RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES AND BELIEFS, AND USING\u00a0 SPIRITUAL INTERVENTIONS TO MANAGE EMOTIONS AND WORRIES, FINDING HEALING AND A PATH\u00a0 TOWARD THE FUTURE. BOTH CATHOLICS AND MUSLIMS EMPLOYED POSITIVE RELIGIOUS COPING STRATEGIES, WITH\u00a0 CATHOLICS SHOWING A SLIGHTLY HIGHER LEVEL IN THEIR UTILIZATION. HOWEVER, THE DIFFERENCE\u00a0 BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS WAS MINIMAL. POSITIVE COPING STRATEGIES WERE MORE FREQUENTLY\u00a0 USED BY PARTICIPANTS FROM BOTH RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS, HIGHLIGHTING THEIR IMPORTANCE IN\u00a0 DEALING WITH TRAUMA. POSITIVE RELIGIOUS COPING DID NOT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAUMA SYMPTOMS,\u00a0 SHOWING NO DECREASE OR INCREASE. HOWEVER, A NOTABLE POSITIVE CORRELATION EXISTED\u00a0 BETWEEN NEGATIVE RELIGIOUS COPING AND MORE SEVERE TRAUMA SYMPTOMS. INDIVIDUALS\u00a0 RELYING ON NEGATIVE COPING STRATEGIES WERE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE HEIGHTENED TRAUMA\u00a0 SYMPTOMS. THESE FINDINGS ALIGN WITH PREVIOUS RESEARCH, EMPHASIZING THE POSITIVE\u00a0 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ISLAMIC APPRAISALS AND RELIGIOUS COPING WITH BETTER POST-TRAUMATIC\u00a0 ADJUSTMENT, WHILE TRAUMA-RELATED APPRAISALS ARE LINKED TO WORSE ADJUSTMENT. 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