RT Article
T1 Personal Transformation Process of Mental Health Relief Workers in Sichuan Earthquake
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 57
IS 6
SP 2313
OP 2324
A1 Ren, Zhengjia
A1 Gao, Meng 1988-
A1 Qu, Wei
A1 Yang, Mark
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/158378165X
AB 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.
K1 Disaster
K1 Posttraumatic growth
K1 Qualitative Research
K1 Relief worker
DO 10.1007/s10943-018-0584-4