After the Earthquake: Adult Reflections on Adolescent Experiences of a Natural Disaster

Pratt, Michaela Marie; Fitzsimmons, Phil; Christian, Beverly

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“…Living by overcoming this situation had made me face new challenges, and now I believe I can do anything." (1,22,23) "Looking back on whether I really responded well to others after the earthquake made me realize a lot and…”

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“…Earthquakes are unpredictable and uncontrollable as they occur suddenly, often without warning (1). In the past year, 103 earthquakes have occurred in the New Caledonia Noumea region of the South Pacific, including one with a magnitude of 7.9.…”

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“…Emotional effects include anxiety, fear, anger, and depression. Social effects include loss of infrastructure, destruction of communities and workspaces, and damage to the natural environment (1). Through these effects, earthquakes can have a transformative effect on a person's life (1,3).…”

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“…Social effects include loss of infrastructure, destruction of communities and workspaces, and damage to the natural environment (1). Through these effects, earthquakes can have a transformative effect on a person's life (1,3). Natural disasters such as earthquakes are traumatic events that humans did not intend, which inflicts pain on individuals' lives, but in the field of changed life, humans experience another growth and recovery (4).…”

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“…The repetitive mental revisiting of the traumatic event by the traumatized person changes cognitive processes, and unpleasant feelings experienced by trauma act as motivations to move forward from the event (3), and therefore the traumatized persons shows a positive attitude toward understanding themselves, others, and life in general (16). Therefore, the traumatized person gains confidence that he or she is capable and strong (1,17), and starts to make efforts to know the importance of not returning to the pre-traumatic period. They also try to live a better life by realizing the meaning of life, by finding good behavior to achieve the life they want to pursue, and by inducing positive changes such as escaping from bad behavior (3).…”

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Post-traumatic growth of people who have experienced earthquakes: Qualitative research systematic literature review

Jung

Han²

2023

Front. Psychiatry

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IntroductionEarthquakes can have a variety of physical, emotional, and social effects on the people who experience them. Post-traumatic Growth (PTG) results from people attempting to reconstruct their lives after experiencing a traumatic event. We intend to inform the local community of the importance of disaster psychology by identifying and analyzing the literature on post-traumatic growth experiences of subjects who experienced earthquakes.MethodsThis study applied a systematic review of qualitative research published from January 1, 2012 to January 31, 2021 to understand PTG in people who have experienced earthquakes. The search expressions “Post-traumatic Growth”, “Earthquake”, “Qualitative” were applied to CINAHL, EMBASE, PubMed, PsycInfo, KISS, RISS, and NDSL databases. Initially, 720 papers were found; after removal of duplicates, 318 remained. After a review of titles and abstracts, 186 papers that did not meet the selection criteria of this study were removed. After a further examination of the remaining 132 papers, the researchers removed 65 papers that did not match the research topic. Lastly, of the remaining 67 papers, detailed review eliminated quantitative papers that did not match this study (25), articles that were not original (19), articles in which results were not PTG (8), articles that were not related to this study (3), articles that were not written in English (2), or articles that had mixed topics (2). Eight papers remained.ResultsThe results of this study show that the PTG in people who have experienced earthquakes can be classified into three categories: “Change in self-perception”, “Change of interpersonal relationships”, and “Spiritual change”. They can be further classified into eight subcategories: “Reviewing one's existence”, “Acceptance”, “Discovering strengths by working through adversity”, “Gratitude for life”, “Changes in personal relations”, “Changes in social relations”, “Accepting the existence of God”, and “A breakthrough to overcome difficulties”.DiscussionThese results can be used as basic data for a positive psychological understanding for those who have experienced earthquake trauma.

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Post-traumatic growth of people who have experienced earthquakes: Qualitative research systematic literature review

Jung

Han²

2023

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Goodbyes without farewells under the rubble: A phenomenological study of earthquake victim’s methods of coping with ambiguous loss

Güler,

Albayrak

2024

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Introduction: Ambiguous loss refers to the lack of clear information about the fate of a missing person or object. Aim: This study aims to examine in-depth the experiences of earthquake victims regarding the methods of coping with the uncertain losses they experienced after the Kahramanmaraş-based earthquake disaster on February 6, 2023. Methods: In this qualitative study conducted using phenomenological research design, the snowball sampling method, one of the purposive sampling methods, was used. Face-to-face, in-depth interviews of approximately 30 to 40 minutes were conducted with 20 earthquake victims reached by this method. Colaizzi’s phenomenological analysis method was used to analyze the data obtained. Data were collected by COREQ criteria. Results: According to the results of the analysis, three main categories ( inner journey and emotional transformation, bridges of solidarity built on destruction, and change and growth in life perspectives) and nine themes ( whispers coming from under the rubble, the reaction of facing ambiguity, mental labyrinths in the search for meaning, hearts united amid destruction, the search for meaning in ambiguity and ways out of spiritual wreckage, growth among the rubble, and the value of transience and new horizons rising from the ruins) emerged. Discussion: The research reveals that the coping methods adopted by earthquake victims in the face of personal and objective ambiguous losses range from spirituality to social support mechanisms. Implications for practice: In line with the results obtained from the findings, it is suggested that the coping strategies of earthquake victims should be strengthened, and new methods should be developed.

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After the Earthquake: Adult Reflections on Adolescent Experiences of a Natural Disaster

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Post-traumatic growth of people who have experienced earthquakes: Qualitative research systematic literature review

Post-traumatic growth of people who have experienced earthquakes: Qualitative research systematic literature review

Goodbyes without farewells under the rubble: A phenomenological study of earthquake victim’s methods of coping with ambiguous loss

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