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1 online resource (xxiii, 356 pages .) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Theoretical Overview and Synthesis -- Part II. Context, Method, and Reflexive Commentaries on the Case Study -- Part III. Multidimensional Coping Framework -- Part IV. Specific Aspects of Coping -- Part V. Conclusion. |
| Summary |
As the interdependence between human activities and natural forces on earth grows in instability, disaster research is maturing as a discipline, employing concepts and methods from fields as disparate as psychology, history, and engineering. But psychological studies have mainly focused on post-disaster pathology or standard themes of coping, rarely taking cultural factors into consideration. Cultural Psychology of Coping with Disasters addresses this omission with an innovative framework for studying culture-specific concepts of vulnerability and local forms of resilience. Expert contributors both build on and transcend traditional clinical ideas to analyze four distinct dimensions of coping: material, social, life conduct, and religious. Extensive findings on the 2006 Java earthquake illustrate both concepts and methods in real-world detail. And a chapter on villagers' visions of their future ably demonstrates the balance between the personal and the collective in coping. Included in the coverage: Methodological basis of a culture-specific coping approach. Research ethics: between formal norms and intentions. Suffering, healing, and the discourse of trauma. Disaster aid distribution and social conflicts. Critical perspectives on gender mainstreaming in disaster contexts. Plus a multidimensional framework for analyzing the coping process. A truly transdisciplinary work, Cultural Psychology of Coping with Disasters lends itself to a wide range of professional, academic, and research domains, among them disaster psychology, disaster management/aid, cultural psychology, anthropology, public policy, and public health. |
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Print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Yogyakarta Earthquake, Indonesia, 2006 -- Psychological aspects.
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Yogyakarta Earthquake, Indonesia, 2006 -- Social aspects.
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Natural disasters -- Psychological aspects.
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Natural disasters -- Sociological aspects.
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Disaster victims -- Mental health.
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Disasters.
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Psychology.
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Cross Cultural Psychology.
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Community and Environmental Psychology.
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Psychotherapy and Counseling.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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| Added Author |
Zaumseil, Manfred, 1943- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1461493536 9781461493532 |
| ISBN |
9781461493549 (electronic bk.) |
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1461493544 (electronic bk.) |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-1-4614-9354-9 doi |
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