Palestine-Israel War Coping Strategies of Tunisian People
N. Messedi, F. Guermazi, A. Samet, I. Chaari, M. Sehli, F. Charfeddine, L. Aribi, J. Aloulou

TL;DR
This study explores how Tunisians cope with the stress of the Palestine-Israel war and identifies factors influencing their coping strategies.
Contribution
The study provides new insights into the coping mechanisms of Tunisians during the Palestine-Israel war and their associations with demographic and clinical factors.
Findings
Problem-focused coping was the most used strategy among Tunisians, followed by emotional and avoidant coping.
Religion, accepting reality, and planning were the most relied-upon coping mechanisms, while substance use was the least used.
Coping strategies were significantly associated with factors like gender, psychiatric history, having children, and increased sports use.
Abstract
The war in Gaza is a stressful life event. Due to its significant human and financial losses, it affected the mental health of people around the world including the middle east citizens. To study the coping strategies of Tunisian people toward Palestine-Israel war in its first month and the factors associated with them. It was a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study, conducted among Tunisians. Data were collected during October and November 2023, through an anonymous online questionnaire, spread throughout social media (Facebook/Instagram), using the Google Forms® platform. We used a socio-demographic and clinical data sheet and the “Brief-COPE” to assess coping strategies. A total of 1091 participants completed the questionnaire. Their mean age was 32,7± 9.8 years, with a sex-ratio (F/M) of 3.5. Among participants, 46,1% are married, 42,5% have children and 19,5% have a…
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Taxonomy
TopicsMiddle East Politics and Society · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
