Narratives from caregivers of children surviving the terrorist attack in Beslan: Issues of health, culture, and resilience

Moscardino, Ughetta; Axia, Giovanna; Scrimin, Sara; Capello, Fabia

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.11.024

Cited by 99 publications

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“…A similar reconsideration of values was also found among caregivers after the terrorist attack in Beslan in 2004. In this study, family cohesiveness became in many cases important as a source of support and joyfulness, as well as the rediscovering of religious and spiritual values (Moscardino, Axia, Scrimin, & Fabia, 2007).…”

Section: Changes In Daily Life Due To a Changed Worldviewmentioning

confidence: 84%

Changes in Family Functioning in the Aftermath of a Natural Disaster: The 2004 Tsunami in Southeast Asia

Lindgaard

Iglebaek²,

Jensen

2009

Journal of Loss and Trauma

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This study examines parents' perceptions of how the 2004 SouthEast Asia tsunami has affected themselves and their families. The families were all on vacation in an area affected by the tsunami. Parents traveling with children aged 6-18 were first interviewed approximately 10 months after the tsunami and again 2.5 years after. The results indicate that experiencing the tsunami influenced family relations (sense of cohesion was strengthened many families, and family members showed each other increased care), family values (families had become less materialistic and were more oriented toward enhancing human relations), and daily routines and activities (families made practical changes in their daily lives to accommodate the needs of individual family members after the tsunami). A few parents experienced an elevation of conflict, indicating the importance of communicating about the experience. For the most part, these changes remained stable at 2.5 years.

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Section: Changes In Daily Life Due To a Changed Worldviewmentioning

confidence: 84%

Changes in Family Functioning in the Aftermath of a Natural Disaster: The 2004 Tsunami in Southeast Asia

Lindgaard

Iglebaek²,

Jensen

2009

Journal of Loss and Trauma

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“…In a study of war-affected Angolan adolescents, McIntyre and Ventura (2003) found that relational and cultural support networks and tribal socio-religious beliefs in the healing process played a positive and protective role. Similarly, Moscardino et al (2007) noted that positive culturally shared values such as strength, courage, pride, and modesty were sources of resilience among the caregivers of children surviving a terrorist attack in Beslan in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, in the Russian Federation. One of these caregivers' responses documented these values in the case of one boy: "He is a very strong boy-even in hospital he took care of the smaller children and reassured them" (p. 1784).…”

Section: Healing As Facilitated By Relationship and Cultural Valuesmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…However, as Chandoke et al (2007) asserted, the riot-affected and internally-displaced Muslim adults of Gujarat were perturbed by a decline in income and were insecure over the temporary nature of their housing, along with their unhygienic and unhealthy living conditions. In such a situation, steps should be taken by the government and the policy makers to ensure integration of psycho-social intervention with social reconstruction and economic development (Moscardino et al 2007;Phem, Vinck & Weinstein 2010;Wessells 1999).…”

Section: What Psycho-social Interventions Are Possible Now?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Trauma Reactions, Suffering, and Healing among Riot-Affected Internally Displaced Children of Gujarat, India: A Qualitative Inquiry

Kumari

2012

Qualitative Research in Psychology

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More than 4,000 families of the Muslim community in the state of Gujarat in India have been facing internal displacement after a communal riot broke out in 2002. Many of them have also been facing bereavement and trauma due to loss of family members and/or sexual assault during the riot. Using innovative qualitative methods, this study explored the experiences of trauma reactions, social suffering, and healing among the children of these families in the Panchmahal district of Gujarat. Findings show the presence of experiences of trauma reactions (trauma specific fear and posttraumatic stress symptoms, such as avoidance and sleep disturbance) and social suffering (loneliness, separation from loved ones, and deprivation) among these children. Findings also show the experiences of healing (support through relatedness, guided by religious values, and harmonious thoughts and experiences) among children, as facilitated by their socio-religious values and the emotionally supportive environment they are receiving at their school. Implications of the findings are discussed in terms of further psycho-social care needed by children such as these.

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“…5. ''Survivor'' guilt (Lefley, 1996;Moscardino, Axia, Scrimin and Capello, 2007). Healthy siblings at times may feel guilt over not having developed an illness that has so devastated the family member they care for.…”

Section: Caregiver Narratives In Mental Illness -Burden Versus Gainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mainland Chinese Family Caregiver Narratives in Mental Illness: Disruption and Continuity

Ramsay

2010

Asian Studies Review

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This study employs a phenomenological hermeneutic approach to analyse narratives written by mainland Chinese people who care for a family member with serious mental illness. Locating culture at the centre of the analysis, the study explicates and explores the salient themes and subthemes in texts that were originally published in a monthly psychoeducational newsletter. Analysis reveals that mental illness constitutes a catastrophic and disruptive event for the caregivers, for the most part women, and their families. Caregivers are driven by intersecting cultural and state-propagated discourses to exert heroic effort and commitment in order to ensure a full ''recovery'' for the ill family member. In light of the intense stigma surrounding mental illness in Chinese culture, the family member's condition is actively concealed by caregivers. This is to protect healthy family members as much as the ill person. The study concludes that cultural phenomena inform both the sense of disruption experienced by mainland Chinese family caregivers in mental illness and the sense of continuity in their fulfilling of socioculturally prescribed roles.

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Narratives from caregivers of children surviving the terrorist attack in Beslan: Issues of health, culture, and resilience

Cited by 99 publications

References 24 publications

Changes in Family Functioning in the Aftermath of a Natural Disaster: The 2004 Tsunami in Southeast Asia

Changes in Family Functioning in the Aftermath of a Natural Disaster: The 2004 Tsunami in Southeast Asia

Trauma Reactions, Suffering, and Healing among Riot-Affected Internally Displaced Children of Gujarat, India: A Qualitative Inquiry

Mainland Chinese Family Caregiver Narratives in Mental Illness: Disruption and Continuity

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