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Cultural Psychology of Coping with Disasters The Case of an Earthquake in Java, Indonesia /

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-dis...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Zaumseil, Manfred. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Schwarz, Silke. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), von Vacano, Mechthild. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sullivan, Gavin Brent. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Prawitasari-Hadiyono, Johana E. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Subjects:
Cross-cultural psychology.
Community psychology.
Environmental psychology.
Psychotherapy.
Counseling.
Cross Cultural Psychology.
Community and Environmental Psychology.
Psychotherapy and Counseling.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9354-9
Table of Contents:
  • Part I Theoretical Overview and Synthesis
  • Understanding Disasters: An Analysis and Overview of the Field of Disaster Research and Management
  • Understandings of Coping: A Critical Review of Coping Theories for Disaster Contexts
  • A Cultural Psychological Framework for Coping with Disasters
  • Part II Context, Method, and Reflexive Commentaries on the Case Study
  • Contextualizing the Research: Introduction to the Case Study from Java, Indonesia
  • Methodological Basis of a Culture-Specific Coping Approach
  • Research Ethics: Between Formal Norms and Intentions
  • Reflections of an Earthquake Survivor-Researcher
  • Reflexive Comments on the Process of Participatory Research
  • Part III Multidimensional Coping Framework
  • The Material Dimension of Coping: Socioculturally Mediated Biophysical Process
  • The Social Dimension of Coping: Communal Negotiations of Social Benefits and Burdens
  • The Life Conduct Dimension of Coping: Local Wisdom Discourses and Related Life Orientations
  • The Religious Dimension of Coping: The Roles of Cosmologies and Religious Practices
  • Part IV Specific Aspects of Coping
  • Suffering, Healing and the Discourse of Trauma
  • Disaster Aid Distribution and Social Conflicts
  • Facing the Future: Villagers’ Visions of Resilience
  • Critical Perspectives on Gender Mainstreaming in Disaster Contexts
  • Part V Conclusion
  • Concluding.  .

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