Experiences and Processes of Spiritual Pain among Victims Whose Houses Were Destroyed Completely by the Great East Japan Earthquake: Emerging Social Work Practice Issues from Narrative Analysis

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  • IHARA Mika
    同志社大学大学院社会学研究科（博士後期課程） 京都大学医学部附属病院

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  • 東日本大震災による住家全壊被災者のスピリチュアルペインの経験とプロセス――語りの分析が示すソーシャルワーク実践の課題――

Abstract

<p>The victims whose houses were totally destroyed experienced “home and hometown loss,” in which they lost both their places of residence and their memories. From there, they face the “absurdity” of “unstable relationships with others” under the “burden of the victims’ deaths” and the “pursuit of death from a sense of remorse.” These manifested as the loss of existence’s meaning due to a lack of interpretability, perceptibility, and relationship, that is, the experience of spiritual pain. The following three processes became clear: (1) the meaning of life brought about by the presence of the deceased, (2) the hope for life provided by altruistic bonds, and (3) the overlap between oneself and the local community. The discussion revealed issues for social work practice in disaster situations that consider 1) the presence of victims, 2) existential awareness that encourages self-development, 3) the special meaning and image of the locality, and 4) unspoken feelings.</p>

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  • CRID
    1390016206136386688
  • DOI
    10.24469/jssw.64.2_27
  • ISSN
    24242608
    09110232
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
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    Disallowed

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