Ren Zhengjia, Gao Meng, Yang Mark, Qu Wei
Department of Clinical Psychology, The First Hospital Affiliated to AMU (Southwest Hospital), Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Mental Health Center, West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
J Relig Health. 2018 Dec;57(6):2313-2324. doi: 10.1007/s10943-018-0584-4.
After Sichuan earthquake, a few dedicated teams of psychological volunteers have been committed to helping the survivors of the disaster for a long period. Their personal transformation experiences were absent in the literatures. The purpose of this qualitative research was to adopt a qualitative research to examine individuals' lived experiences of personal transformation after long-term disaster mental health services. The study interviewed 10 psychological counselors, 3 psychiatric nurses, 4 psychiatrist, and 6 social workers. We built an explorative model to understand disaster relief workers personal transformation after long-term periods in disaster settings. The model proposes that existential learning is a key mediator factor from negative transformation to positive transformation. Cultivating the existential learning though training, caring and support involves a number of processes that includes acceptance, being authentic, and being mindful of here and now, which can transform their suffering to growth.
四川地震后，几支敬业的心理志愿者团队长期致力于帮助灾难幸存者。他们个人的转变经历在文献中并未提及。这项定性研究的目的是采用定性研究方法来考察个人在长期灾难心理健康服务后个人转变的生活经历。该研究采访了10名心理咨询师、3名精神科护士、4名精神科医生和6名社会工作者。我们构建了一个探索性模型，以了解救灾人员在长期处于灾难环境后的个人转变。该模型提出，存在性学习是从消极转变为积极转变的关键中介因素。通过培训、关怀和支持来培养存在性学习涉及多个过程，包括接纳、保持真实以及关注当下，这些能够将他们的痛苦转化为成长。
