Shamai Michal
School of Social Work, University of Haifa, Israel.
Fam Process. 2005 Jun;44(2):203-15. doi: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2005.00054.x.
This article describes research on the narratives of social workers who help terror victims, focusing on the relationship between the helpers' families and their work. Qualitative analysis of three training groups of social workers who are responsible for helping in the event of terror attacks in different parts of Israel, and of three debriefing groups for social workers after terror attacks, reveals that the helpers' families play a role in the narratives constructed by the helpers. Two main themes were identified. The first centers on the interaction between work and the family, and shows that in the situation of a terror attack, the conflict between the two disappears and the family often serves as a support system for the helpers. The second theme refers to the family dimension alone, and focuses on the dichotomy between vitality and loss. The way that family life events affect helpers'professional intervention is described. The findings are discussed in light of Conservation of Resources Theory, the fight-flight response to threat, and the concept of the family as a source of safety and risk taking.
本文描述了对帮助恐怖袭击受害者的社会工作者的叙事研究，重点关注帮助者的家庭与其工作之间的关系。对负责在以色列不同地区发生恐怖袭击时提供帮助的三组社会工作者培训小组，以及对恐怖袭击后三组社会工作者汇报小组进行的定性分析表明，帮助者的家庭在帮助者构建的叙事中发挥了作用。确定了两个主要主题。第一个主题围绕工作与家庭之间的互动，表明在恐怖袭击的情况下，两者之间的冲突消失，家庭常常成为帮助者的支持系统。第二个主题仅涉及家庭层面，重点关注活力与丧失之间的二分法。描述了家庭生活事件影响帮助者专业干预的方式。研究结果根据资源守恒理论、对威胁的战斗或逃跑反应以及家庭作为安全和冒险来源的概念进行了讨论。
