Women's Voices: Finding solace out of disaster (2014)
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Conference Contributions - OtherPublisher
University of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political SciencesUniversity of Canterbury. Sociology and Anthropology
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How Christchurch women cope with earthquake disasterAbstract
Grief and solace in disasters. Finding Solace - Solace as an approach to the adjustments and transitions of grief ‘it is that which brings hope in the future in the face of despair’ (Klass, 1992). Understanding solace in a disaster situation - Disaster research on Western countries sees grief as complicated, solace difficult to achieve (as can’t do the usual things like say goodbye). Coping is through talking about the experiences and individual psychological counselling (Raphael, B. 2012). Disaster research on non-Western countries focuses on cultural characteristics as source of coping and solace (strong religious beliefs, strong communities etc., which naturally generate the social space to talk with others as a form of witnessing in which ‘comfort was sought and gained through the process of sharing experiences of suffering’(Kanayake et al., 2013).
Coping (solace) is supposed to come through talking...
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Ruth McManus (2014) Women's Voices: Finding solace out of disaster. University of Canterbury, Christchurch: SAANZ 2014, 4th December 2014.This citation is automatically generated and may be unreliable. Use as a guide only.
ANZSRC Fields of Research
17 - Psychology and Cognitive Sciences::1701 - Psychology::170113 - Social and Community Psychology17 - Psychology and Cognitive Sciences::1701 - Psychology::170105 - Gender Psychology
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