In 2013 , Stephanie Fryberg did a study on survivors of the 2010 Chile earthquake and Hurricane Katrina to find out how survivors deal with the trauma , specifically by attributing the disasters to religious factors . Those who were the most negatively impacted by the disasters were found to be most likely to attribute it to religion or being a punishment from God . Even when levels of education and race were taken into account , the findings held true . Traumatic experiences , such as the survivor having seen dead bodies contributed more to the experience being attributed to religion than one 's reaction to the trauma . The study gained insight to those who attribute natural disasters to religion
2010 Chile earthquake
2010 Chile earthquake
Stephanie Fryberg