Personal Transformation Process of Mental Health Relief Workers in Sichuan Earthquake
After Sichuan earthquake, a few dedicated teams of psychological volunteers have been committed to helping the survivors of the disaster for a long period. Their personal transformation experiences were absent in the literatures. The purpose of this qualitative research was to adopt a qualitative re...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[2018]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 2018, Volume: 57, Issue: 6, Pages: 2313-2324 |
| Further subjects: | B
Posttraumatic growth
B Relief worker B Disaster B Qualitative Research |
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| Summary: | After Sichuan earthquake, a few dedicated teams of psychological volunteers have been committed to helping the survivors of the disaster for a long period. Their personal transformation experiences were absent in the literatures. The purpose of this qualitative research was to adopt a qualitative research to examine individuals' lived experiences of personal transformation after long-term disaster mental health services. The study interviewed 10 psychological counselors, 3 psychiatric nurses, 4 psychiatrist, and 6 social workers. We built an explorative model to understand disaster relief workers personal transformation after long-term periods in disaster settings. The model proposes that existential learning is a key mediator factor from negative transformation to positive transformation. Cultivating the existential learning though training, caring and support involves a number of processes that includes acceptance, being authentic, and being mindful of here and now, which can transform their suffering to growth. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10943-018-0584-4 |